The eighty-three kilogram satellite, called Sputnik, had two radios that sent signals as it circled the world.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

So it died in space. A few months later, the Soviet Union put a one thousand three hundred sixty kilogram satellite into space.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

Old TVs can contain over a kilogram of lead as well as cadmium -- both highly poisonous.

VOA: special.2010.11.01

A BTU is the amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of about one-half kilogram of a substance by one degree Fahrenheit.

VOA: special.2010.11.23

Genetics may play a part. Researchers say Indians store more body fat per kilogram than Europeans.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

Fisheries can earn a lot of money for even one kilogram of shark fins.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

Refining companies pay more than ten dollars a kilogram for computer boards.

VOA: special.2010.11.01

It will include a three hundred kilogram tank of liquid xenon.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

Each 23 kilogram bag of oysters he receives has a tag that marks the area it came from.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

It does not have a mechanical keyboard and weighs less than one kilogram.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

Just days ago,a 50 kilogram car bomb injured more than 40 people.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31