China's first man-made satellite Dongfanghong 1 made China the fifth country to send a satellite independently.

中国第一颗人造卫星“东方红一号”使中国成为第五个独立发射卫星的国家。

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What is meant by a man-made satellite?

何谓人造卫星?

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We have launched another man-made satellite, which is announced in today's newspaper.

我们发射了另外一颗人造卫星，今天的报纸上宣布了这一消息。

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The Soviet Union launched the first man-made satellite, Sputnik 1, on October 4th 1957.

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The NASA scientist said the odds of an operational satellite being disabled by space debris remain quite small, though he points out that two have been lost after being hit by man-made debris -- a French satellite in 1996 and an American craft in 2009.

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Michael Kucharek, a spokesman for NORAD, said his agency heard about the sightings, too, and can confirm it was not from anything man-made, like a plane or falling satellite.

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