PRIORITIES OF PRC PACEPROGRAMS
he People's Kepubllc of China naa assigned top priority to the design and development of various types of reconnaissance satellites. satellites were accorded second priority while
space research sateJUes wererlorUv. .
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papa cfiowci ITPC1rogram toc'ellite-borne camera rysten. And there are visible signs of the existence; of an ongoing domestic communications satellite program. .However, Chinese scientists have alsoeteorological satellite would be launched soon.
Itlso apparent to us that the purely scientific
portions of the space prograa hawack seat
the nHltary oriented portions. "
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