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| This picture was taken on October 22, 2007, at Xichang Satellite Launching Site, when the Chang'e-1, the lunar orbiter made in China, was ready to be launched. |
| BEIJING, Oct. 23 - China is planning to launch its first moon orbiter at around 6 p.m. on October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province.
"The satellite will be launched between October 24 and 26 and our first choice is around 6 p.m. on October 24," a spokesman for the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said.
The circumlunar satellite, which has been named Chang'e I after the legendary1 Chinese goddess who, according to legend, flew to the moon, and the carrier Long March 3A have passed all pre-launch tests and have been transported to the launch site.
The lunar probe is expected to enter earth-moon transfer orbit on October 31 and arrive in the moon's orbit on November 5.
The satellite will relay the first picture of the moon in late November and will then continue scientific explorations of the moon for a year.
The orbiter will carry out a series of projects including acquiring 3-D images and analyzing2 the distribution of elements on the moon's surface, according to the spokesman.
"Experts from foreign space administrations have been invited to watch the launch on site," said the spokesman.
"China welcomes international cooperation in space activities," he said.
China hopes to become the 17th nation to join the International Space Station (ISS) project, Vice3 Minister of Science and Technology Li Xueyong said on the sidelines of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China last week.
The Chinese government has been pursuing a policy of peaceful use of airspace, Li said.
The satellite launch will mark the first step of China's three-stage moon mission, which will lead to a moon landing and launch of a moon rover around 2012. In the third phase, another rover will land on the moon and return to earth with lunar soil and stone samples for scientific research around 2017.
China carried out its maiden4 piloted space flight in October 2003, making it only the third country in the world after the Soviet5 Union and the United States to have sent men into space. In October 2005, China completed its second manned space flight, with two astronauts on board.
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legendary
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| adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学） |
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- Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
- Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
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| v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析 |
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- Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
- He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句
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| n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的 |
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- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
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| n.少女，处女；adj.未婚的，纯洁的，无经验的 |
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- The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
- The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。
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| adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃 |
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- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
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