China's Space Program Achieves String Of 40 Continuous Launch Successes

Free Newsletters - Space News - Defense Alert - Environment Report - Energy Monitor

DRAGON SPACE

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

DRAGON SPACE

Space Outfits For Shenzhou VI Light, Removable

Beijing (XNA) Nov 04, 2004
Space outfits for China's second manned space flight capsule "Shenzhou VI," scheduled to launch in September next year, will be lighter and removable, the Beijing Morning Post reported. In October 2003, when China's first-ever manned spaceflight, Shenzhou V, orbited the earth for 21 hours, its astronaut Yang Liwei had to wear the massive outfits weighing nearly 10 kg for the entire mission, a fellow researcher told the newspaper.

Thanks for being here; We need your help. The SpaceDaily news network continues to grow but revenues have never been harder to maintain. With the rise of Ad Blockers, and Facebook - our traditional revenue sources via quality network advertising continues to decline. And unlike so many other news sites, we don't have a paywall - with those annoying usernames and passwords. Our news coverage takes time and effort to publish 365 days a year. If you find our news sites informative and useful then please consider becoming a regular supporter or for now make a one off contribution.
SpaceDaily Contributor $5 Billed Once credit card or paypal		SpaceDaily Monthly Supporter $5 Billed Monthly paypal only

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2016 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.