China launches <i id="mw1A"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Fang_Hong_I" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dong Fang Hong I">Dong Fang Hong I</a></i>, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.<sup about="#mwt39" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_24#cite_note-6" id="mw1g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw1w">[6]</span></a></sup>
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