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. The East Is Red (Chinese: 东方红; pinyin: ) is a song that was the de facto anthem of the Peoples Republic of China during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. ...
Dong Fang Hong I (东方红一号) was Chinas first successful space satellite, launched on April 24, 1970 as part of Chinas Dong Fang Hong space satellite program. ...
The academy formulated a “Three Satellite Plan” consisting of “DongFangHong 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 “DongFang I” was launched 13 years after “Sputnik I”, its mass exceeded the combined masses of the first satellites of the other four countries.
DongFangHong (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 DongFangHong series, others are singularly named or part of the Asiasat or Apstar series.
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