21-09-2005, 06:43 PM
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The Chinese calender actually recognizes 12-year intervals representing the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. Thus people born in the years 1960, 1972 and 1966, for instance, were born in the Year of the Rat. Incidentally, the year 2005 translates to the Chinese year 4702-4703.
What was the name of the world's first commercial communications satellite?
The Chinese calender actually recognizes 12-year intervals representing the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. Thus people born in the years 1960, 1972 and 1966, for instance, were born in the Year of the Rat. Incidentally, the year 2005 translates to the Chinese year 4702-4703.
What was the name of the world's first commercial communications satellite?