[FPSPACE] China to launch (another!) satellite this week

[Antonin Vitek]

According to the original version of mentioned article in Chinese, cf.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/st/2004-11/17/content_2229568.htm

the name of this planned satellite is "Shiyan 2" (=Experiment 2, word means
also "test" or "experimental"), or name in more complete version "Shiyan
Weixing 2" (=Experimental satellite 2).

This is rather confusing, as satellites of this series reached number 5,
see:

1971-018A SY-1
1981-093A SY-2
1981-093B SY-2A
1981-093D SY-2B
1994-010A SY-4
1999-025B SY-5


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