人造地球卫星观测计划 artificial earth satellite observation program
今年秋天，美国宇航局和美国能源部计划斥资六亿美元展开旨在暗能量探测的人造卫星计划。
This fall, NASA and the Department of Energy plan to invite proposals for a $600 million satellite mission devoted to dark energy.
它延续了1961年由奥斯卡计划开始的行动。奥斯卡计划是一个总部设在美国的组织，在人造卫星“斯普特尼克”之后仅四年就制造并发射了第一颗非政府卫星。
It continued the efforts, begun in 1961, by Project OSCAR—a US-based group that built and launched the very first nongovernmental satellite just four years after Sputnik.
但是，2004年取消了这次计划中的登陆，不过仍将有两颗人造卫星登上旅程。
But that landing was cancelled in 2004, though two orbiters should still make the journey.
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