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  Dong Fang Hong I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The academy formulated a “Three Satellite Plan” consisting of “Dong Fang Hong I”, re-entry satellites, and geosynchronous orbit communications satellites.
In 1967 Dang Hongxin chose a copper antenna membrane that resolved the difficulties of broadcasting on a ultra-short wave antenna between 100℃ and -100℃.
Although “Dong Fang I” was launched 13 years after “Sputnik I”, its mass exceeded the combined masses of the first satellites of the other four countries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dong_Fang_Hong_I   (653 words)

  
 Dong Fang Hong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dong Fang Hong (东方红), meaning The East is Red, is a space satellite program for the People's Republic of China, which started in 1970.
Satellites in this series were placed in either low Earth orbit or geostationary orbit and carried out a variety of purposes: testing, remote sensing, telecommunications, meteorology, and scientific studies.
While most Chinese satellites are named as part of the Dong Fang Hong series, others are singularly named or part of the Asiasat or Apstar series.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dong_Fang_Hong   (158 words)

  
 China's First Man-made Satellite
China launched its first satellite Dong Fang Hong I (DFH I) to earth orbit on April 24, 1970, becoming the fifth country in the world to independently launch satellite following the USSR, USA, France and Japan.
Dong Fang Hong I was sent to the space by China's own "Long March" space rocket.
The successful launch of DFH I laid solid foundation for the development of spaceflight technology in China, fueled the emergence of the country's spaceflight industry and enabled China's technology in this field to keep up with the world pace.
www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/content_26079.htm   (194 words)

  
 Y-Press Online | Frontier of change offers opportunity
Some residents of Hong Kong are unsure about their identity, said Han Dong-fang, a Chinese dissident, who is exiled from the mainland and operates a campaign for labor rights in China out of a Hong Kong office.
Hong Kong people are residents of this city; they are not citizens in a country," Han said.
Because as chief executive of Hong Kong, under the system of on country, two systems, his duty is not just to make sure Hong Kong's economy will continue to thrive, but that Hong Kong must thrive as a separate system under Chinese rule.
www.ypress.org /specialedition/hongkong/100100_frontier.html   (1638 words)

  
 DFH-1
China launched its first satellite - Dong Fang Hong (the East is Red) -on 24 April 1970 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
The spacecraft, with a mass of 173 kg was, heavier than the combined weights of the first satellites of the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom and France.
Dong Fang Hong broadcast the melody, Dong Fang Hong (the East is Red).
www.globalsecurity.org /space/world/china/dfh-1.htm   (259 words)

  
 China Hotel - Dong Fang Hotel Guangzhou China
Dong Fang Hotel, a five-star hotel, is beautiful with garden scenery and strong in national style.
The Dong Fang Hotel is located in the heart of the Guangzhou city and opposite the China Trade Fair.
The Dong Fang Hotel features 2 types of guest room: Chinese style and Western style, with a total of 1,100 guest rooms of various sizes.
www.southtravels.com /asia/china/dongfanghotel/index.html   (247 words)

  
 DFH-2 - China and Communication Satellite Systems   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
China operated a constellation of three Dongfanghong DFH-2 (Dong Fang Hong - The East is Red) communications satellites in GEO for domestic needs.
The communications payload consisted of only two 6/4 GHz transponders with an output power of 10 W. The total electrical power capacity was assessed to be about 300 W (the first two experimental satellites were rated at 284 W) (References 223-227).
Prior to 1993 all DFH satellites were operated by the military.
www.fas.org /spp/guide/china/comm/dfh-2.htm   (374 words)

  
 Review 0301
He describes the political turmoil which then interrupted the development of the programme - the great leap forward, the cultural revolution, political reorganization and diplomatic isolation.
Not until 1970 did China launch its first satellite, Dong Fang Hong ("The East is Red").
Dong Fang Hong - the East is Red (1960-1971).
www.amazings.com /sbb/reviews/review0301.html   (319 words)

  
 Dong Fang Hotel - Discount Guangzhou Hotel Reservations
The Dong Fang Hotel, Guangzhou is in the heart of the city, opposite the China Trade Fair building.
The Dong Fang Hotel has comfortable elegantly decorated rooms with a combination of Chinese and Western styles.
Drive time from Guangzhou New Baiyun International Airport to the Dong Fang Hotel is approximately 15 minutes.
directrooms.com /china/hotels/dong-fang-hotel-guangzhou-379.htm   (139 words)

  
 George Bush Presidential Library and Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
We will be discussing our concerns about the activities of the Chinese companies involved in Dong Fang Hong with the Chinese Government.
Under sanctions contained in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, FY 1990 - 91, licensing of these exports is prohibited unless the President determines it to be in the national interest.
At the same time, the President decided that it is in the national interest to waive legislative restrictions on exports for two other projects, AUSSAT and FREJA, that will launch satellites from China.
bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1991/91043001.html   (363 words)

  
 Kwangmyongsong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This was followed by a video of the launch, the satellite, and an animation of the satellite in orbit.
The photographs showed a satellite similar to the first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, itself very similar to Telstar 1.
There is some doubt as to whether a launch took place at all, as NORAD were unable to detect the satellite visually, by radar, or pick up its radio signals.
kwangmyongsong.ask.dyndns.dk   (221 words)

  
 1970 to 1980   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The primary satellite mission was to broadcast the song "Dong Fang Hong" (The East is red), paying tribute to Chairman Mao, and announce the time.
The satellite was spherically shaped (picture)with 1m diameter, and weighed 173kg.
The satellite bus (picture) is similar to that of Dong Fang Hong-I, with the addition of solar cells.
centaur.sstl.co.uk /sshp/mini/mini70s.html   (2858 words)

  
 ICFTU Online June 28, 2005 Spotlight Interview with Han Dong Fang| 21st Century Labor Union | IAMAW
It is for such reasons that we are insisting that if the WTO does not take better account of these social concerns, it is adopting a very short-term approach that is highly irresponsible.
Our office is based in Hong Kong, which still benefits from the "one country, two systems" principle.
(*) Han Dong Fang was a railway worker when the pro-democracy movement developed in 1989, and went on to be selected as the spokesperson of the Beijing Workers'' Autonomous Federation prior to the Tiananmen Square massacre.
www.goiam.org /content.cfm?cID=4804   (2926 words)

  
 Bush Presidential Papers Prove Clinton is Lying About China-Satellite Policy
The satellites are civilian communications satellites, to be controlled after launch by companies based in Australia and Hong Kong.
These were communications satellites which were approved for launch on request of the Australian Prime minister and controlled by companies in Australia and Hong Kong.
A year and a half later, the Chinese asked President Bush to waive export rules on another project, this one involving U.S. satellite components to China for a Chinese domestic communications satellite, the Dong Fang Hong 3 (DFH-3).
www.chuckbaldwinlive.com /mostert.html   (1484 words)

  
 Business & Human Rights : Privatisation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Alors que la Chine est au cœur des préoccupations mondiales en raison notamment des délocalisations dont elle bénéficie, Han Dong Fang(*), célèbre militant pour les droits des travailleurs basé à Hong Kong, aborde la situation des travailleurs chinois, les possibilités de les défendre, l’impact des violations des droits fondamentaux en Chine sur la main-d’œuvre mondiale.
As international concern heightens over the shift in production to China, Han Dong Fang, the famous human rights activist based in Hong Kong, addresses the situation of Chinese workers, how they can defend themselves, and the impact of fundamental human rights violations in China on the global labour force.
ES Entrevista a Han Dong Fang (Hong Kong)
www.business-humanrights.org /Categories/Issues/Other/Privatisation?&batch_start=41   (723 words)

  
 space news from Jan 16 AW&ST
NASA has pencilled in plans to fly the shuttle through 2012 at least; the backup plan in case the RLV effort does not pan out is major shuttle upgrades, including new fly-back liquid-fuel boosters.
Dong Fang Hong 3 comsat lost after arrival in Clarke orbit, probably due to a fuel leak.
One complication that has arisen is that each shuttle crew will end up functioning as a bucket brigade to transfer up to 1300lb of water from the shuttle to Mir!
www.islandone.org /SpencerAvLeakReports/Avweek-950116.html   (784 words)

  
 NTI: Country Overviews: China: Missile Chronology
China successfully launches its first satellite the Dong Fang Hong-1 (DFH-1) using a CZ-1 launcher.
Analysts in Hong Kong and Washington note the continued military build up on the Sino-Soviet border.
It is also believed that a new missile test facility has opened near Peking.
www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/China/Missile/5657_5660.html   (1733 words)

  
 PM - China launches manned spacecraft
But 33 years ago China became the fifth nation to launch a satellite into orbit.
The Dong Fang Hong broadcast into the universe the Maoist anthem "The East Is Red" in a patriotic display of Chinese power.
On the streets of Beijing today, many people were unaware of the launch until the ABC told them.
www.abc.net.au /pm/content/2003/s967855.htm   (670 words)

  
 New Page 0   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Occupied as a farmer kid for some ten years before being localized to New York.
Also answers to the name of Dong Dexin, but abandoned that name because the middle character is not found in most popular Chinese dictionaries.
President of CUSY for two years, during which he led us to many victories on our revolutionary road towards a new China (imagine for yourself the tune of “Dong Fang Hong” in the background).
www.yale.edu /cusy/People/dongxin.htm   (197 words)

  
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China's satellite program began in 1970 with the launch of DFH-1, a small satellite that broadcast the tune "Dong Fang Hong" (The East is Red).
It did not own any space elements, as all space programs were strictly classified and all DFH satellites were operated by the military.
APTSTAR -The Hong Kong-based Asia Pacific Telecommunications Satellite Company (APT) is a consortium of four regional companies, three of which are Chinese state-owned entities (including ChinaSat).
www.gwu.edu /~spi/spacemil9.html   (5921 words)

  
 Random Works of the Web » Blog Archive » Space program of China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The space program of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) began in 1968 and was an outgrowth of PRC’s attempt to develop an indigenous nuclear deterrent and delivery system after the Sino-Soviet split in 1960.
PRC’s first satellite, Dong Fang Hong I (The East Is Red I), was launched in 1970.
There were over 50 Dong Fang Hong satellites launched over the next 30 years.
random.dragonslife.org /space-program-of-china/1988   (1203 words)

  
 DFH-1 - China and Communication Satellite Systems
China launched its first satellite on 24 April 1970 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
The spacecraft, which with a mass of 173 kg was heavier than the combined weights of the first satellites of the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom and France, broadcast the melody, Dong Fang Hong (the East is Red).
This traditional Chinese folk tune was given a new set of lyrics extolling Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party.
www.fas.org /spp/guide/china/comm/dfh-1.htm   (103 words)

  
 C-SPAN: Report on Chinese Espionage
The PRC's first generation communications satellite was the Dong Fang Hong-2 ("East is Red").
The North Koreans claim to have launched their first satellite, known as Kwangmyongsong No. 1 (Bright Star 1), on this Taepo Dong-1 missile.
Comparing the picture of the Kwangmyongsong No. 1 satellite released by North Korea with that of the PRC's Dong Fang Hong 1 satellite.
www.christusrex.org /www2/china/Missiles/page6.html   (1813 words)

  
 Atpic: gallery 3633: Chinese Truck Series - China Yituo - Dong Fang Hong by AC AC
Atpic: gallery 3633: Chinese Truck Series - China Yituo - Dong Fang Hong by AC AC Chinese Truck Series - China Yituo - Dong Fang Hong
Chinese Truck Series - China Yituo - Dong Fang Hong
Number of pictures in this gallery: 13 - This gallery in a slide show.
gallery.atpic.com /3633   (100 words)

  
 Go Taikonauts! - Gallery
A photo likely took before the maiden launch in 2002.
Dong Fang Hong 1 (courtesy of Sven Grahn)
Dong Fang Hong 2 First experimental communications satellite of China.
www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1921/gallery.htm   (927 words)

  
 China's Space Program: From Conception to Manned Spaceflight:Harvey, Brian:1852335661:eCampus.com
3 DONG FANG HONG - THE EAST IS RED
Dong Fang Hong 2A: 3,000 telephone calls at a time
The Dong Fang Hong 3 series: 8,000 telephone calls at a time
www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=1852335661&referrer=CJ   (213 words)

  
 space news from Dec 5, 1994 AW&ST
ITT signs on as partner in the commercial-spaceport-at-Vandenberg project (they already do range support at Vandenberg).
China's Dong Fang Hong 3 comsat launched 30 Nov by Long March 3A.
Orbital Sciences and Magellan to merge, with Magellan retaining its name and operating as a semi-independent subsidiary.
www.islandone.org /SpencerAvLeakReports/AvWeek-941205.html   (950 words)

  
 China Space Program: Brief History From Qian Xuesen To Project 921
China's space program also made enormous advances during this period but suffered due to the tremendous political and economic uncertainties during the Mao dictatorship.
Successful launch of China's first satellite, the Dong Fang Hong I. It was heavier than any other first satellites launched by other countries.
China enters the lucrative international commercial satellite launching business with the launch of the Asiasat-I communications satellite.
www.sinomania.com /CHINANEWS/Chinese_Space_Program_In_Historical_Perspective.htm   (718 words)

  
 chapter 15
By the end of 1996, China had launched thirty-seven of its own satellites, including sixteen returnable remote-sensing satellites, seven communications satellites, two meteorological satellites, and twelve scientific and technical experimental satellites, as part of three applied satellite series: low-Earth-orbit returnable remote-sensing satellites, geostationary Earth orbit communications satellites, and Sun-synchronous orbit meteorological satellites (see Table 2).
There are two kinds of these satellites: the DFH-2 (Dong Fang Hong-2), which is basically the same as the experimental satellites, and the four DFH-2A satellites, which are modified versions of the DFH-2.
An Intelsat IV (F-8) satellite relayed live television pictures of President Nixon's historic 1974 trip to China.
history.nasa.gov /SP-4217/ch15.htm   (3271 words)

  
 The Space Review: Review: China's Space Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Tsien and other Chinese engineers (many of whom were also graduates of American universities) embarked on a series of efforts to develop guided missiles and, later, satellite launch vehicles.
This culminated in the successful launch of China’s first satellite, Dong Fang Hong (“East is Red”;), in 1970.
Not surprisingly, a final chapter examines the future of China’s space program, including a potential space station and robotic (but not human) missions to the Moon and even Mars.
www.thespacereview.com /article/433/1   (706 words)

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