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THIS WEEK> THIS WEEK NO. 45, 2014> SOCIETY
UPDATED: November 2, 2014 NO. 45, NOVEMBER 6, 2014
Space Launch
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China's fourth space launch center in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, will launch the country's next space station and cargo spacecraft, according to Tao Zhongshan, chief engineer of the Xichang launch center.

Tao told Xinhua News Agency on October 26 that the new center will be used mainly for geosynchronous satellites, large-tonnage space stations, cargo spacecraft and large polar orbit satellites.

Wenchang has an advantage for the transportation of modules of spacecraft, as it is located near a seaport. The site's low latitude will also allow an increase in carrying capacity of rockets by about 10 percent, compared to the Xichang Space Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The Chang'e-5 moon lander, which will collect samples and return to Earth, will be launched from Wenchang, probably in 2017.

Once put into use, the Wenchang Space Launch Center, along with the three other centers in Xichang, Jiuquan in Gansu Province in the northwest, and Taiyuan in Shanxi Province in the north, will all have different functions.

China's Manned Space Agency recently announced that the Tiangong-2 space lab will be launched around 2016, followed by the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft and Tianzhou cargo craft to rendezvous with the lab.

A core module for the space station will be launched around 2018 and the station will be completed around 2022.



 
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