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 ...ght, scheduled for launch next
year, will last five to seven days,
according to chief designer
Wang Yongzhi. Following last
October's first Chinese manned
spaceflight by astronaut Yang
Liwei in Shenzhou 5, two "taiko-
nauts" are expected to fly in
Shenzhou 6, which will be
launched by Long March 2F.
Shenzhou 6 will resemble
Shenzhou 5 but, after launch,
the two astronauts will transfer ...
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 ... the interaction
between the solar wind and the
Earth's magnetic field.
Meanwhile Huang Chun Ping,
chief of the Chinese manned
space programme's Long March
2F launcher, says that the flight of
Shenzhou 6 with a two-man crew
will take place in 2005, and that a
Shenzhou 7 astronaut will make
a spacewalk in 2006.
• India has approved the Indian
Space Research Organisation's
(ISRO) Rp1,77...
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 ...of 18 interna
tional contestants in the com
petition and hopes to launch
its first X-Prize Thunderbird
model on a test flight in 2001.
• FLIGHT DELAYS
Several more unmanned test
flights of the ShenZhou
spacecraft will be needed
before the first Chinese
manned mission, unofficial
reports from China suggest.
The second flight of an
unmanned ShenZhou is likely
in October, but a maiden
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 ...pace late next year following
the successful landing of its first
astronaut, army air force Lt Col
Yang Liwei after a 14 orbit, 21 h
23min flight on 16 October.
His spacecraft, the $120 million
Shenzhou 5 - based on the
Russian Soyuz- was launched
from Jiuquan on 15 October
aboard a Long March 2F booster.
This followed four unmanned test
flights of the 7,600kg (16,7401b)
DEFENCE JULIAN...
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 ...n Scarlet and fellow member of Spectrum. But, asks
Nephew Allen Knight and others...is he like Scarlet? Can Captain Orange pass
on his indestructability? Are the Mysterons up to no good? Is China's Shenzhou
5 the first step towards a Chinese Cloudbase? I think we should be told.
Captain Scarlet China's Captain Orange
Pocket rockets
Max Thrust: "The rocket will gradually be raised to an erect...
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 ...2 was success
ful because it produced benefits
for the UK's space industry and
scientific community.
IN ORBIT
• The launch of China's second
manned spaceflight, carrying
two taikonauts aboard
Shenzhou 6 for a five- to seven-
day flight, is scheduled for the
second half of 2005. The Long
March 2F booster for the flight
will be delivered to the Jiuquan
launch centre in June-July 2005.
•...
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 ...lite in 1970. With its one manned flight in
2003, China is following the pattern of
early Russian and US space programmes by
launching missions for national pride. The
astronaut's flight aboard a Shenzhou V
capsule is described as a "showcase for
China's coming of age as a major player in
international affairs" by Li Cheng, profes
sor of government at Hamilton College,
New York, USA.
Chi...
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 ..., with a
Brazilian-French satellite, will be
made in 2001.
INPE says that it will discontin
ue development of further SACI
spacecraft •
l^idHmlUfll No Date Spacecraft
60 13 Nov GE-4
61 20 Nov Shenzhou
62 22 Nov 4 Globalsta
63 22 Nov UHF FO F10
iVJMI
Type
Comsat
Manned"
Comsats
Milcoms
fcUJIlM'Ja
Launcher
Ariane 4
LM2F
Soyuz
Atlas
Country
Europe
China
Russia
USA
Launch s...
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 ...
• China hopes to send three
astronauts on a seven-day mis
sion in its second manned
spacecraft, Shenzhou 6, sched
uled for launch within the next
two years, according to local
reports. Alternatively, it may
launch a shorter mission next
year with two astronauts. • A
US bankruptcy court has...
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 ... an internal decision. "We don't
need NASA!; permission to select a
visiting crew," says the Star City
Cosmonaut Training Centre. J
mm No Date
1 10 Jan
2 10 Jan
3 24 Jan
4 30 Jan
Spacecraft
ShenZhou 2
Eurasiat
Progress M
Navstar
Type
Test
Comsat
Tanker
GPS
Launcher
Long March2F
Ariane 44P
Soyuz U
Delta II
Last Satellite Launch Log: Flight International, 9-15 January 2001
C...
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 ...eams plan to
deploy their modules in 2003, although
they may join forces and produce one.
The vast Russian expertise in manned
space has reportedly been purchased by
China for application to the Shenzhou
manned spacecraft and a national space
station. It is possible that the two countries
could join forces on their creation.
Limited success
Russian companies are present on the
communica...
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 ...N
China has completed construc
tion of a tracking, telemetry and
command station in Swakop-
mund, Namibia, to support its
manned spaceflight programme.
China is due to launch its third
unmanned ShenZhou space
craft as a precursor to a manned
flight in 2003 and the station is
beneath the re-entry path.
SHUTTLE TEST
Alliant TechSystems' Thiokol
Propulsion has tested another
Space Shuttl...
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 ...s due to
be launched using a Long March 2F booster at 09:00 on 15 October
from a launch site 300km (160nm) northeast of Jiuqaun, Inner Mongolia,
according to industry sources. It is understood the ShenZhou 5 spacecraft
will be manned by a single "taikonaut", who will fly for 21h, with the
mission due to end at around 18:00 on 16 October after 14 orbits. The
craft will be placed into a 200km ...
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