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China To Launch Spacecraft In Galloping Pace In Year Of The Horse
Beijing - Jan 29, 2002 While the world is eagerly awaiting the next unmanned test flight of Shenzhou, the newspaper Liberation Daily reports that China would make a total of about ten launches this year. On Jan. 18 the Shanghai-based newspaper quoted Yuan Jie, Director of Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST, formerly known as the Shanghai Bureau of Astronautics), as saying that the record number of launches would make 2002, the Year of the Horse, the busiest in history. However, Yuan did not disclose any launch manifest and provided little information on the details of the payloads. The spacecraft that are planned to be launched this year include:
SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Chinese Eyes Territorial Claim Of Outer Space Beijing - Jan 21, 2002 A group of Chinese space scientists urged the government to accelerate acceptance of the proposal to develop an infrastructure in space and regard developing the "space territory" as a national strategy, the Hong Kong Bureau of the China News Agency reported last Tuesday (Jan. 15). The group also suggested to claim access to space as China's "fourth territory".
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