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Twenty Second Recoverable Satellite Lands In Sichuan
Chengdu, China (XNA) Sep 19, 2005 China's 22nd recoverable scientific experimental satellite landed successfully in the central part of China's southwest Sichuan province Friday morning, after an 18-day flight, sources with the country's national space department said. Instruments aboard the experimental scientific satellite, which was launched on Aug. 29 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China's northwest Gansu province, functioned normally while the satellite orbited the Earth, the sources said. While in orbit, the instruments on the satellite completed a series of scientific experiments, including land surveying and mapping, the sources added. The Satellite Track and Control Center tracked and controlled the satellite from Xi'an. China successfully retrieved its first recoverable satellite on Nov. 29, 1975. Its tracking and recovering technology has been improving thanks to its increasingly mature orbit control and landing capability. 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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