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Wang Xiji

Chinese aerospace engineer

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born: 1921
died: 2026
age at death: 105
known for: physicist, military flight engineer

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Wang Xiji was a Chinese aerospace engineer. The chief designer of China's first sounding rocket (T-7), first space launch vehicle and first recoverable satellites, he was awarded the Two Bombs, One Satellite Meritorious Medal in 1999. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the International Academy of Astronautics, and was inducted into the International Astronautical Federation Hall of Fame in 2016.

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