1964: "Two bombs and one satellite" launch successfully [Xinhua]

April 24, 1970, China uses the “Long March" rocket to launch the first artificial satellite "Dongfanghong I" successfully.[Xinhua]

October 16, 1964, China successfully explodes its first atomic bomb. In the mid-20th century, the CPC Central Committee assessed the situation correctly and resolutely decided to develop the "two bombs and one satellite" project as the core of cutting-edge science and technology for national defense. China's national defense technologies implemented the policy "mainly self-reliance, as a supplement for foreign aid", by building their own scientific research and practice China's national defense gradually embarked on the road to healthy development. [Xinhua]