Saturday, February 27, 2016

China will launch a second orbital module “Tiangong-2″ in 2016 – RIA Novosti

BEIJING, Feb. 28 -. RIA Novosti, Ivan Bulatov China plans in the third quarter of 2016 to launch the second orbital module “Tiangong-2″ (Tiangong-2), transfers on Sunday, Xinhua news agency citing sources.

it is reported that this module must be in the future to dock with the cargo spacecraft, scheduled for launch in the first half of 2017.

In early January, the State Corporation China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. He reported that in 2016 planned 20 launches into space. It was also reported that the launch of the module “Tiangong-2″ will focus on life-sustaining technology testing for future space station.

As reported in the newspaper China Daily citing government sources, China plans to launch the main module of its space station 2018 for testing of appropriate technologies. It is planned that the plant will begin full operation in 2022.

China’s program for space exploration launched October 8, 1956. In April 1970, China put into orbit the first artificial earth satellite “Dongfanghong-1″ ( “East Is Red-1″). The first space flight of Chinese astronaut took place at a manned spacecraft “Shenzhou-5″ in October 2003. The first output of the Chinese astronaut into space occurred at the end of September 2008, during the mission of the ship “Shenzhou-6″. The first Chinese female astronaut – 33-year-old Air Force Major Chinese Liu Yang – visited in space in 2012 on board the ship “Shenzhou-9″.

The first-class Chinese spacecraft orbiting station “Tiangong-1″ (Tiangong-1) was launched in September 2011.

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