BEIJING, June 26 -. RIA Novosti, Ivan Bulatov a new generation of Running Chinese carrier rocket “Long March-5″ will be held in the second half of 2016, said a spokeswoman for the program of manned space flight Wu Ping.
According to her, the launch will be made from the spaceport Wenchang in Hainan province, reports Xinhua news agency. The exact date has not yet been determined and will depend on the weather conditions. Earlier it was reported that Beijing plans for the current year and test flights in China developed launch vehicle “Long March-5″, but further details were not.
At Ping also said that in mid-April 2017 will launch cargo spacecraft “Tyanchzhou-1″, which is currently at the stage of production and final assembly. Previously, Ping noted that the launch of the second Chinese orbital module “Tiangong-2″ (Tiangong-2) will be held in mid-September. According to her, the astronauts to find the module have already been selected and undergo intensive training.
At Ping also said that the launch of the spacecraft manned “Shenzhou-XI” (Shenzhou-XI) will be accomplished in mid-October, and it returned the modular bay will return to Earth in November. After launching the “Shenzhou-the XI” will dock with the orbital station “Tiangong-2.” At the same time Ping noted that the launch and orbital module, and a manned spacecraft will be made using the “Long March-2F” launcher.
On Saturday, China spaceport Wenchang successfully launched its new launcher “Long March-7.” As stated previously Director of the Research Institute of rockets technologies in China Corporation of Aerospace Science and Technology (CASC) Li Hong, the scientists took eight years to build mid-size launcher capable to bring into low Earth orbit to 13.5 tons of cargo.
in April, assistant to the President CASC Syuechuan Chen said that China during the 13th Five-year Plan (2016-2020) will launch into space about 150 missiles “Long March”.
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