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lördag, oktober 02, 2010

Blastoff

Bilden: China's second lunar probe Chang'e-2 was successfully launched at 6:59 p.m. Beijing time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province on October 1 (XINHUA)
Video som visar när kineserna skickar iväg Change-2:
http://www.bjreview.com.cn/special/2010-10/02/content_301725.htm

Wikipedia visar oss nyfikna vägen till Xichang Satellite Launch Center:

"The Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) (simplified Chinese: 西昌卫星发射中心; traditional Chinese: 西昌衛星發射中心; pinyin: Xīchāng Weìxīng Fāshè Zhōngxīn) also known as Base 27 (27基地) [citation needed], is a People’s Republic of China space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) approximately 64 km northwest of Xichang City, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province.

The facility became operational in 1984 and is primarily used to launch powerful thrust rockets and geostationary communications and weather satellites.
It is notable as the site of Sino-European space cooperation, with the launch of the first of two Double Star scientific satellites in December 2003. Chinese officials have indicated interest in conducting additional international satellite launches from XSLC.[1]
In 1996, a fatal accident occurred when the rocket carrying the Intelsat 708 satellite failed on launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. It is also believed that a 2007 test of an anti-satellite missile occurred from the center.".

Mer om XSLC (ny förkortning att lära sig) finns att läsa på Wikipediasidan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center

XSLC är ett s.k. initialord (bokstäverna uttalas var för sig. När en förkortning, t.ex. NASA, uttalas som ett fristående ord, kallas ordet akronym.
Exempel på initialord: IQ, FBI, CIA och...AIK.
Exempel på akronymer: NASA, Opec och ...GIF.
Men SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System), egentligen ett initialord, men alltmer hör man det som akronym ('sass')?
Anm.: Jag har aldrig hört LO (Landsorganisationen) som akronym ;)

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