China Successfully Launches Beidou Navigation Satellite into Space
Xinhua News Agency, July 27, 2011 Adjust font size:
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| Celebration words are seen in a screen after the launch of an orbiter at the control office of the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 27, 2011. China successfully launched into space a ninth orbiter for its independent satellite navigation and positioning network known as Beidou, or Compass System here early Wednesday. [Xinhua] |
