[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
>

I have made some research with result as follows:

There exist two series with similar shortened names, namely "Shi Jian"
(=Praxis) and Shiyan (=Experiment). The correct full name of Shiyan is
"Shiyan Weixing", shortened as SW! And this series consists up to now with
only one satelllite, namely SW-1, 2004-012A, see eg. at my site

http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/2004/I012A.HTM

Therefore:

Correct name for the new satellite awaiting launch is SW-2 = Shiyan Weixing
2, and its number is correct! Sorry for misleading previous information ;-))



I will check all similar entries in my encyclopaedia in the foreseeable
future (let say till end of this week)  and correct all (hopefully) found
discrepancies.



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