Waspie_Dwarf Posted December 19, 2012 #1 Share Posted December 19, 2012 China launches Turkish satellite JIUQUAN, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- A Turkish Earth observation satellite was successfully sent into space from northwest China early on Wednesday morning, marking the completion of this year's space launches.A statement released by the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert said the Turkish satellite, the GK-2, was launched at 12:13 a.m. and was delivered into its predetermined orbit by a Long March 2D carrier rocket. It marked the 174th flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted December 19, 2012 #2 Share Posted December 19, 2012 More mobile phone sales for the Chinese! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted December 19, 2012 Author #3 Share Posted December 19, 2012 More mobile phone sales for the Chinese! And mobile phones are connected to Turkish Earth Observation satellites how exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted December 19, 2012 #4 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Also according to the administration, China's aerospace products' successful entry into the West Asia and North Africa markets will help the country expand its international market of commercial satellite launching services. ======================================================================================= it was not a flippant comment, it will actually make expansions to many services they may not have there. the comment was mainly highlighting the control China are gaining around the world......not such a bad thing really, because our leaders are not doing the best of jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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