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China's first lunar orbiter, Chang'e I, blasts off from its launch pad in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, at about 6:05 pm October 24, 2007. (Xinhua)
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China's first lunar orbiter, Chang'e I, blasts off from its launch pad in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, at about 6:05 pm October 24, 2007. (Xinhua)
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| China's first lunar orbiter, Chang'e I, blasts off from its launch pad in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, at about 6:05 pm October 24, 2007. (Xinhua) |
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| China's first lunar orbiter, Chang'e I, blasts off from its launch pad in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, at about 6:05 pm October 24, 2007. (Xinhua) |
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| China's first lunar orbiter, Chang'e I, blasts off on a Long March 3A carrier rocket in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, at about 6:05 pm October 24, 2007. (Xinhua) |
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| China's first lunar orbiter, Chang'e I, blasts off on a Long March 3A carrier rocket in the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, at about 6:05 pm October 24, 2007. (Xinhua) |
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| China's first lunar orbiter Chang'e I and technical graphs are shown on the screen at the Beijing Space Command and Control Center, which is conducting real-time monitoring of the launch October 24, 2007. (Xinhua) |
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| Spectators and journalists gather near the Xichang Satellite Launch Center before the historic launch of China's first lunar orbiter, Chang'e I, in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, October 24, 2007. (Xinhua) | | |