四级科技阅读：中国成功发射“嫦娥一号”

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　　China launches its 1st lunar probe Chang'e I
　　China launches its first lunar probe at about 6:05 pm on Wednesday
　　from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan
　　Province.
　　The Chang'e I blasted off on a Long March 3A carrier rocket from the
　　No. 3 launching tower in the launch center in Southwest China.
　　The lunar probe is expected to enter earth-moon transfer orbit on
　　October 31 and arrive in the moon's orbit on November
　　Chinese space experts, technicians and other work staff, joined by
　　experts from Japan, Germany and other countries as well as millions
　　of domestic audience from across the country, were watching the
　　launching process.
　　(Xinhua/Chinadaily.com.cn)
　　Lunar orbiter blasts off in Xichang
　　China's first lunar orbiter, Chang'e I, blasts off in the Xichang
　　Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, at
　　6:05 pm October 24, 2007.
　　(Xinhua)