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Wang Xiji dies. · Spoken News

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Speaker 1: Welcome to spoken News, where Wikipedia excerpts are read verbatim
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by a computer. Wang Jiji Dies Wang Jiji was a
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Chinese aerospace engineer, the chief designer of China's first sounding rocket,
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first space launch vehicle, and first recoverable satellites. He was
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awarded the two Bombs one Satellite Meritorious Medal in nineteen
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ninety nine. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy
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of Sciences and the International Academy of Astronautics, and was
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inducted into the International Astronautical Federation Hall of Fame in
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twenty sixteen. That's it for now. See the episode notes
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for sources and licensing. Thank you.