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Satellite "Chung Hsing 1A" launched in China
Monday, 19 September 2011 12:19

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According to the Xinhua News Agency, satellite "Chung Hsing 1A" was successfully launched today at 0.33 local time from the Chinese Xichang space center in Sichuan province, with the carrier rocket "Changzheng" ". Chinese Academy of Space Technology has established a satellite "Chung Hsing 1A" to ensure better provision of telephone services, Internet TV over the territory of China. Launch of satellite "Chung Hsing 1A" is 146 start of China's carrier rockets "Changzheng".

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China will launch an unmanned space module Tyangun-1
Tuesday, 20 September 2011 12:52

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According to the Xinhua News Agency, China has to launch an unmanned space module "Tyangun-1" ("Sky Palace-1") prior to September 30, 2011. Reportedly, the carrier rocket "Changzheng-2F", which should bring the module "Tyangun-1" into orbit, has already been installed on the launch platform at Gansu Province. Space Module "Tyangun-1" will be an experimental platform for the future establishment of the first Chinese space station. The first time in the history of Chinese space launches, the module "Tyangun-1" should be docked at the end of 2011 with an unmanned Chinese spacecraft "Shenzhou-8", and in 2012 and 2013 - with manned spacecraft "Shenzhou-9" and "Shenzhou -10 ". Thus, in 2013 in orbit, China should create its own small space station.

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Chinese vehicle Chang'e-2 is transferred into a new orbit
Wednesday, 21 September 2011 12:19

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As reported by Chinese news agency Xinhua, the Chinese lunar probe satellite Chang'e-2 today handed over the first data from a distance of 1.7 million kilometers from Earth, where the Chang'e-2 was transferred from lunar orbit in August 2011. Chang'e-2 will be on the new orbit by the end of 2012, conducted a series of experiments required for the preparation of a new manned launch probe to the Moon.

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China will launch lunar lander in 2013
Wednesday, 21 September 2011 12:21

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According to news agency Xinhua, China in 2013 will launch an unmanned research vehicle Chang'e-3 to the Moon. During the flight, Chang'e-3 will have to hold dozens of scientific experiments, and also to make a soft landing on the Moon with the new technology of "lunar landing". In 2015, China is going to deliver a rover on the Moon, and in 2017 China will send automatic station on the Moon, for collection and return delivery to Earth of samples of lunar rocks.