Dong Fang Hong

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See Tung Fong Hung for the Hong Kong-based Chinese herbal medicine company.

See The East is Red for a Chinese song.

Dongfanghong is also a railway station, see Dongfanghong railway station

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. 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 Dong Fang Hong series, others are singularly named or part of the AsiaSat or Apstar series.

[edit] Satellites launched

• 1970
  • Dong Fang Hong 01 (Mao 1)

• 1971
  • Dong Fang Hong 02 (Mao 2)

• 1975
  • Dong Fang Hong 03 (Mao 3)
  • Dong Fang Hong 04 (Mao 4)
  • Dong Fang Hong 05 (Mao 5)

• 1976
  • Dong Fang Hong 06 (Mao 6)
  • Dong Fang Hong 07 (Mao 7)

• 1978
  • Dong Fang Hong 08 (Mao 8)

• 1981
  • Dong Fang Hong 09
  • Dong Fang Hong 10
  • Dong Fang Hong 11

• 1982
  • Dong Fang Hong 12

• 1983
  • Dong Fang Hong 13

• 1984
  • Dong Fang Hong 14
  • Dong Fang Hong 15 (STTW 0)
  • Dong Fang Hong 16

• 1985
  • Dong Fang Hong 17

• 1986
  • Dong Fang Hong 18 (STTW 1)
  • Dong Fang Hong 19

• 1987
  • Dong Fang Hong 20
  • Dong Fang Hong 21

• 1988
  • Dong Fang Hong 22 (Chinasat 1)
  • Dong Fang Hong 23
  • Dong Fang Hong 24 (Feng Yun 1-1)
  • Dong Fang Hong 25 (Chinasat 2)

• 1990
  • Dong Fang Hong 26 (Chinasat 3)
  • Dong Fang Hong 30 (Feng Yun 1-2)
  • Dong Fang Hong 31 (Atmosphere 1)
  • Dong Fang Hong 32 (Atmosphere 2)
  • Dong Fang Hong 33

• 1991
  • Dong Fang Hong 34 (Chinasat 4)

• 1992
  • Dong Fang Hong 35
  • Dong Fang Hong 36

• 1993
  • Dong Fang Hong 37 (Jianbing 93)

• 1994
  • Dong Fang Hong 38 (Shijian 4)
  • Dong Fang Hong 39 (Shijian 4-2)
  • Dong Fang Hong 40 (FSW 2)
  • Dong Fang Hong 41

• 1996
  • Dong Fang Hong 42 (Chinasat 7)
  • Dong Fang Hong 43 (FSW 2-3)

• 1997
  • Dong Fang Hong 44 (Chinasat 6)
  • Dong Fang Hong 45 (FY 2B)

• 1999
  • Dong Fang Hong 46 (FY 1C)
  • Dong Fang Hong 47 (SJ 5)

• 2000
  • Dong Fang Hong 48 (Chinasat 22)
  • Dong Fang Hong 49 (FY 2C)
  • Dong Fang Hong 50 (ZY 2)
  • Dong Fang Hong 51 (Beidou 1)
  • Dong Fang Hong 52 (Beidou 2)

• 2002
  • Dong Fang Hong 53 (FY 1D)
  • Dong Fang Hong 54 (HY 1)
  • Dong Fang Hong 55 (ZY 2)

[edit] See also

• Space program of China