- (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Zhou Jianping, chief designer
of the launch system, told Xinhua the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center had
put in place sound facilities for survey, control, telecommunications,
and command systems with necessary facilities catering for astronauts.
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- Sun Baosheng, deputy chief designer of the monitoring
and telecommunications system, said monitoring stations under the Xi' an
Satellite Monitoring Center and four "Yuanwang" aerospace survey
ships at anchor in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans, were tracking
and controlling the spacecraft.
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- Zhao Jun, commander and chief designer of the landing
system, said a number of land and marine emergency rescue zones had been
set up, and rescue workers had conducted some trial rescue operations in
line with requirements set for manned flights.
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- According to China's manned flight program which began
in 1992, a number of unmanned test flights will be launched before Chinese
astronauts are sent into space.
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- Experts regard Monday's successful launch as one of the
important test missions of the whole program.
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- The orbiting spacecraft is expected to return to Earth
after completing its preset experiments in space during an unspecified
period.
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- China launched the "Shenzhou I", "Shenzhou
II" and "Shenzhou III" spacecraft in November 1999, January
2001 and March 2002 respectively.
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