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  • China, Europe Launch Satellite to Track Space Storms

    12/29/2003 11:34:47 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 308+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 12/29/03 | Reuters - Beijing
    BEIJING (Reuters) - Pushing ahead with a space program that has won international acclaim, China launched a satellite on Tuesday as part of its first joint initiative with the European Space Agency to help track storms in space. Probe No. 1, an equatorial orbiting satellite, blasted off atop a Long March 2C/SM carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan province, the official Xinhua news agency said. China's highest orbiting satellite ever launched, part of the Sino-European Double Star Project, was expected to remain in orbit for 18 months to track space storms and help improve...