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September 01, 2016

'Heavenly Palace': China to Launch Two Manned Space Missions This Fall
Beijing (Sputnik) Sep 01, 2016
The two missions are expected to become the country's first steps to establishing a new space station in low-Earth orbit over the next decade. Tiangong-2, which means "Heavenly Palace," is a small space laboratory module, and will be launched in mid-September from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, atop a Long March 2F rocket. The space lab is slated to adopt on orbit at an altitude of some 244 miles (393 kilometers) above Earth, and will serve as the first component for Ch ... read more

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