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China's Space Program Achieves String Of 40 Continuous Launch Successes
Beijing (XNA) Nov 08, 2004 With the third "ZY-2" research satellite successfully put into orbit Saturday morning, China has now achieved 40 satellite launches since October 1996, marking China's space technology standing firmly on top world level. China's Long-March carrier rockets have conducted 82 launches since April 24,1970, and more than 90 percent of them have been successful. So far, the 12 types of Long-March carrier rockets have been able to satisfy the needs of satellites with various orbits and spacecraft. China's space technology also started its industrialization course. Among 40 launches in the past eight years, China has sent applications satellites used for telecommunications, meteorological research, marine inspection, navigation, earth resources and scientific experiments- all of which are self-developed. The three launch centers, Jiuquan in northwest China's Gansu province, Taiyuan in north China's Shanxi Province and Xichang in southwestern Sichuan province, can send spacecrafts onto various orbits; the turnaround time between each launch has also been dramatically shortened in the past few years. Last October, China became only the third nation to successfully send a man into space. And at the beginning of 2004, China launched 10 satellites within the year, while preparing for its second manned space flight. Source: Xinhua News Agency Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express The Chinese Space Program - News, Policy and Technology China News from SinoDaily.com
Taikonauts On Moon A Far Off Dream For China Yet
Beijing (XNA) Jan 05, 2006A one-year lunar fly-by mission may start in April 2007 in China, but a manned flight to the Earth's neighbour may be a long way away, a chief lunar exploration scientist said last night. |
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