China to Launch Spacecraft
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 23:26 IST
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BEIJING: China plans to launch its Shenzhou-8 spacecraft in early next month to dock with its first spacelab module Tiangong-1. The spacecraft, to be launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, is expected to perform the first space docking with Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace-1, a space lab module that was launched in September from the same launch center. The Shenzhou-8 spacecraft and the carrier rocket, Long March-2F, are being vertically transferred to the launch pad at the center, marking the countdown of the blasting off of the unmanned spacecraft, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Source: PTI
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