Telecommunication via Satellite

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The Roman feast of Saturnalia 农神节的盛宴

Our history and our culture have come about because a lot of ordinary people have done some really terrible jobs. And our traditional Christmas is no exception. However dreadful it's been, having to d

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Fog Found on Saturn's Moon Titan A study in Astrophysical Journal Letters reveals that Titan may be home to the familiar atmospheric condition known as fog--but made out of methane. Karen Hopkin reports The northeast just had its first big snow of th

Spacecraft Finds Saturn's Rings Dirty and Decaying　

By David McAlary The U.S. Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has found evidence that the giant planet's dazzling rings are decaying and may eventually be gone. And the rings are dirtier than thought,

VOA常速英语2008年-US Plans to Shoot Down Disabled Spy Satellite

By Cindy Saine Washington 14 February 2008 The Defense Department says it is planning to shoot down a defunct U.S. spy satellite before it is expected to hit the Earth in early March, because of potential danger to human beings from its unburned rock

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banaroo--Be my Satellite dam daba dam daba daba da daba da daba da daba da hear my s.o.s. dam daba dam daba daba da daba da daba da daba da hear my s.o.s. calling you calling you i need you today cause i lost my direction in the endless milky way eme

VOA常速英语2008年-Satellite Studies Saturn Moon, Finds Conditions

By Paul Sisco Washington 19 March 2008 The planet Saturn has long fascinated astronomers because of its distinctive rings and multiple moons. NASA's Cassini spacecraft visited one of Saturn's moons last week, collecting samples, data and pictures of

2007年VOA标准英语-Japanese Satellite Lost in Russian Rocket Explo

By Peter Fedynsky Moscov 06 September 2007 Kazakhstan has suspended launches of the Russian Proton rocket at the Baikonur Space Center following a failed liftoff and loss of the payload, a Japanese communications satellite. VOA Moscow Correspondent P

英语听力：自然百科 行星旅行：土星 Saturn—6

Everyone is familiar with the rings of Saturn. But what would you highlight if it were you sending back the postcards? Every tour itinerary has one main attraction. With Saturn, you just can't miss the rings. As imaging team leader for Cassini, Carol

英语听力：自然百科 行星旅行：土星 Saturn—7

And the icy grains on the Saturnian beaches are washed by passing traffic. When a moon comes by, it creates a wake just like a motor boat creates a wake that goes behind it. And I kind of imagine the ring particles doing an intricate cosmic dance aro

英语听力：自然百科 行星旅行：土星 Saturn—9

We are interested in studying seasonal changes on Saturn, because of its extremes affected the rains. Already we know the sky was blue, when the northen hemisphere came out of the shadow and it's now turn sort of pinkish yellowish, hazy color, becaus

英语听力：自然百科 行星旅行：土星 Saturn—3

Saturn might be the second largest planet in the solar system, but like gas giant neighbor Jupiter, its a triumph of show over substance. Saturn, first of all is a big giant gas ball, actually its a big giant ball of fluid, and the outer parts of it

英语听力：自然百科 行星旅行：土星 Saturn—5

With Saturn's 62 known moons, Cassini finds itself in good company without of this world photo opportunity to make even a seething professional gasp. Saturn is the most photogenic planet in all the solar system, so I just, you know, I mean, you could

英语听力：自然百科 行星旅行：土星 Saturn—1

No planet beats Saturn for jaw-dropping beauty. Saturn is the most photogenic planet in all the solar system. Some of the pictures are to die for. But the postcards only tell part of the story. Beauty is only skin deep. It really is rolling and seeth

音乐咖啡厅:Michael Learns To Rock - Lonely Satellite

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Employee-Management Relations Facing Business Challenges at Saturn Negotiating a Radically New Contract Richard LeFauve of General Motors and Donald Ephlin of the United Auto Workers (UAW) had been ad

China successfully launches new communication satellite

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Iran to launch research satellite into space: report

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Russia launches rocket with Chinese satellite

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China launches new data relay satellite

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