China-Shenzhou-11/Launch Site

Launch site ready for Shenzhou-11 mission

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Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China - Aug 13, 2016
1. Various of launch tower at launching site
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Bing, chief engineer, testing and launching station, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (starting with shot 3/ending with shot 4):
"The revolving platform will envelope the spacecraft while flights of stairs reach the work station to facilitate our engineers. Besides the huge temperature differences between winter and summer, there are a lot of sand grains brought in through strong winds which cause difficulties for testing and launching operations. So we need to clean up and maintain the work station in good order very often."
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3. Launch tower
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4. Various of launch site
5. Various of building of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
6. Various of launching site
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Bing, chief engineer, testing and launching station, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (ending with shot 8):
"This is the first time for us to have two manned spacecraft and two carrier rockets at the launching site at the same time. We have to carry out the maintenance work simultaneously. Up till now our work has been carried out smoothly to ensure the successful accomplishment of the two missions."
8. Various of launching site

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The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is ready for its mission of sending Shenzhou-11 spaceship and Tiangong-2 space lab into space.

Two carrier rockets are already ready at the center for blast-off, first to send into space the Tiangong-2 space lab and then to ferry two astronauts with Shenzhou-11 to dock with the lab for a joint space travel for up to 30 days.

Jiuquan is so far China's one and only launch site for manned space flights. And the center has just gone through a three-year thorough revamp which has transformed it into a better facility for launching manned spacecrafts.

"The revolving platform will envelope the spacecraft while flights of stairs reach the work station to facilitate our engineers. Besides the huge temperature differences between winter and summer, there are a lot of sand grains brought in through strong winds which cause difficulties for testing and launching operations. So we need to clean up and maintain the work station in good order very often," explains Li Bing, chief engineer with the testing and launching station at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

According to Li, up to 22 full-length technological renovations have been done during the past three years in order to forge a more favorable environment for launching manned spaceships in future. Li and his staff are confident when facing the new challenge that they have two instead of one carrier rockets complete with manned spacecrafts. His team now has to serve both the Shenzhou-11 and Tiangong-2 and their carrier rockets at the same time.

"This is the first time for us to have two manned spacecraft and two carrier rockets at the launching site at the same time. We have to carry out the maintenance work simultaneously. Up till now our work has been carried out smoothly to ensure the successful accomplishment of the two missions," says Li Bing.


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  • ID : 8029597
  • Dateline : Aug 13, 2016
  • Location : China
  • Category : science and technology
  • Duration : 1'23
  • Audio Language : Chinese/Nats/Part Mute
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2016-08-13 18:47
  • Last Modified : 2017-12-22 06:58:00
  • Version : 1
  • ID : 8029597
  • Dateline : 13 août 2016
  • Location : Jiuquan,Chine
  • Category : science and technology
  • Duration : 1'23
  • Audio Language : Chinois/Nats/Muet partiel
  • Source : Télévision centrale de Chine (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : Pas d’accès dans la partie continentale de Chine
  • Published : 2016-08-13 20:52
  • Last Modified : 2017-12-22 06:58:00
  • Version : 1

China-Shenzhou-11/Launch Site

Launch site ready for Shenzhou-11 mission

Dateline : Aug 13, 2016

Location : China

Duration : 1'23

  • English
  • Français


Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China - Aug 13, 2016
1. Various of launch tower at launching site
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Bing, chief engineer, testing and launching station, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (starting with shot 3/ending with shot 4):
"The revolving platform will envelope the spacecraft while flights of stairs reach the work station to facilitate our engineers. Besides the huge temperature differences between winter and summer, there are a lot of sand grains brought in through strong winds which cause difficulties for testing and launching operations. So we need to clean up and maintain the work station in good order very often."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SHOUDNBITE++
3. Launch tower
++SHOT OVERLAYING SHOUDNBITE++
4. Various of launch site
5. Various of building of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
6. Various of launching site
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Bing, chief engineer, testing and launching station, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (ending with shot 8):
"This is the first time for us to have two manned spacecraft and two carrier rockets at the launching site at the same time. We have to carry out the maintenance work simultaneously. Up till now our work has been carried out smoothly to ensure the successful accomplishment of the two missions."
8. Various of launching site






The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is ready for its mission of sending Shenzhou-11 spaceship and Tiangong-2 space lab into space.

Two carrier rockets are already ready at the center for blast-off, first to send into space the Tiangong-2 space lab and then to ferry two astronauts with Shenzhou-11 to dock with the lab for a joint space travel for up to 30 days.

Jiuquan is so far China's one and only launch site for manned space flights. And the center has just gone through a three-year thorough revamp which has transformed it into a better facility for launching manned spacecrafts.

"The revolving platform will envelope the spacecraft while flights of stairs reach the work station to facilitate our engineers. Besides the huge temperature differences between winter and summer, there are a lot of sand grains brought in through strong winds which cause difficulties for testing and launching operations. So we need to clean up and maintain the work station in good order very often," explains Li Bing, chief engineer with the testing and launching station at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

According to Li, up to 22 full-length technological renovations have been done during the past three years in order to forge a more favorable environment for launching manned spaceships in future. Li and his staff are confident when facing the new challenge that they have two instead of one carrier rockets complete with manned spacecrafts. His team now has to serve both the Shenzhou-11 and Tiangong-2 and their carrier rockets at the same time.

"This is the first time for us to have two manned spacecraft and two carrier rockets at the launching site at the same time. We have to carry out the maintenance work simultaneously. Up till now our work has been carried out smoothly to ensure the successful accomplishment of the two missions," says Li Bing.


ID : 8029597

Published : 2016-08-13 18:47

Last Modified : 2017-12-22 06:58:00

Source : China Central Television (CCTV)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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