They were confined to low-earth orbit, where they did the unglamorous job of launching satellites or ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station.

他们仅限于在近地轨道运行，在那做着发射卫星或运送宇航员到国际空间站这样毫无任何浪漫色彩的工作。

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Much of it was servicing the space station, taking water, coffee, sleeping bags and spare parts in, and moving rubbish out; launching satellites, retrieving them, and making running repairs.

大部分时间内，宇航员都是在打理空间站，端茶倒水，收拾睡袋，腾出空间倒出垃圾；发射卫星，然后找回适当修理。

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Launching a radio station is a cheaper way of increasing reach than launching a television channel, but it is still not cheap.

开办电台比电视台要便宜多了，但仍然花费不菲。

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The second stage opened the capsule in 144 seconds, separated itself from the rocket in 266 seconds and fell on the open waters of the Pacific 1, 646 km off from the launching station, that is 40 degrees 13 minutes north latitude 149 degrees 07 minutes east longitude.

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