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India Launches 104 Satellites Into Orbit
A single Indian rocket launch Wednesday morning sent a record 104 satellites into space.
The government-run Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said the rocket launched from Sriharikota in eastern India. It broke Russia's record of launching 37 satellites one year ago.
Most of the satellites are so-called nano satellites—small ones weighing up to 10 kilograms. There is also an Earth observation satellite that weighs 714 kilograms.
The majority of the nano satellite customers were from the United States. Others were from Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Israel, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates.
The launch was broadcast on Indian national television. It showed scientists in the mission control room, cheering as the rocket flew higher.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that the "remarkable feat by ISRO is yet another proud moment for our space scientific community and the nation."
India's space program has centered mostly on low-cost ways to get into space. In 2014, an Indian spacecraft reached Mars' orbit. The ISRO Mars mission cost $74 million. In comparison, the United States space agency, NASA, spent $670 million on its Mars mission a few months later. India's effort was welcomed as evidence that an economical program can achieve technological success.
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan is a space expert with New Delhi's Observer Research Foundation. She said this record breaking satellite launch highlights India's technological "sophistication." She said it may lead more countries ask the ISRO to do their space launches.
Growing demand for more high-tech communication systems among governments has increased demand for such launches. So, has the growing demands of private telephone, Internet and other tech companies. Last year, India launched 75 satellites for foreign customers.
The South Asian country increased the budget for its space program this year. It also has set up a fund for a possible second mission to Mars and its first to Venus.
But scientists say that while India can put smaller satellites into space, it still has some way to go before it can launch heavier ones.
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词汇解析
1.set up 建立；设立
He set up a stand on the pedlars 'market.
他在集贸市场上设了个摊床。
2.space program 太空计划
The Mars project marks a change in India's space program.
这项火星计划改变了印度的航天项目。
3.private telephone 私人电话
Top directors will probably have all their private telephone bills paid by the company.
高级董事很可能会让公司为他们支付所有的私人电话账单。
4.low-cost 成本低廉的
They wanted a low-cost, docile workforce.
他们想要廉价的、听话的劳动力。
内容解析
1.A single Indian rocket launch Wednesday morning set a record 104 satellites into space.
set a record 创纪录
They want to set a record by making Buffalo's largest cookie.
他们想打破巴甫洛最大的曲奇的纪录。
She set a record which nobody else can remotely approach.
她创下了别人望尘莫及的纪录。
2.In comparison, the United States space agency, NASA, spent $670 million on its Mars mission a few months later.
In comparison 相比之下
They were living rather well, in comparison with people elsewhere in the world.
和世界上其他地方的人相比，他们生活得相当好。
Is the human heart weak in comparison with the other organs?
与其他器官相比，人的心脏是不是很脆弱？
参考译文
印度一箭104星成功发射 卫星全入轨
周三上午，印度成功发射一枚搭载104颗卫星的运载火箭，创下新的里程碑。
由政府经营的印度太空研究组织（ISRO）表示，该枚火箭从印度东部的斯里赫里戈达岛发射。此次发射成功打破俄罗斯一年前创下的一箭37颗卫星的记录。
所发射的卫星中多为纳米卫星，每颗纳米卫星的重量为10公斤。还有一颗重量达714公斤的地球观测卫星。
购买纳米卫星的大部分客户来自美国。其余的来自哈萨克斯坦、荷兰、以色列、瑞士以及阿拉伯联合酋长国。
印度国家电视台播出了此次发射过程。可以看到，发射地面指挥室的科学家们看到火箭升空而不断欢呼。
印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）发推特表示，“ISRO这一佳绩成为航空科学界乃至整个印度又一个令人自豪的时刻。”
印度太空计划主要集中于一些成本低廉的发射项目。2014年，印度发射的一艘宇宙飞船进入火星轨道。ISRO的火星计划耗资7400万美元。而几个月后，美国航空航天局（NASA）却耗资6.7亿美元才完成火星计划。
经济型项目也能促进技术的完善，印度发射卫星开始受到青睐。
拉杰斯瓦里·皮莱·拉贾戈帕拉（Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan）是新德里观察家研究基金会的航天专家。她表示，这一破纪录的卫星发射突出了印度在技术方面的“成熟”。她还指出，许多国家或因此请求ISRO代劳发射航天项目。
政府通信系统要求的科技含量越来越高，这样的发射需求会不断增长。此外，对专线电话、网络及其它技术公司的需求也不断增加。印度去年曾为外国客户发射了75颗卫星。
今年，南亚国家增加了太空计划的预算。南亚国家还为可能的第二次火星任务及首次金星任务设立了专项资金。
不过科学家表示，虽然印度能够发射小型卫星升空，在发射重型卫星方面还有待努力。
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