
doi: 10.1038/226829a0
pmid: 16057539
THE first Chinese artificial Earth satellite was launched at approximately 1330 UT on April 24, 1970. The announcement of the launch, giving a transmission frequency of 20.009 MHz, was made in Peking at 1232 UT on April 25. First signals were received at Kettering Grammar School at 1402 UT, towards the end of the twelfth orbit of the Earth.
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