China-Long March Rocket/Space Station

China on track to complete construction of new space station by 2022

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Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of rocket component in plant; workers
2. Various of rocket component being moved to plant

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - May 5, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Long March-5B rocket launch
4. Screen showing real-time launch
5. Animation showing return capsule separating from rocket

China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Animations showing manned spacecraft orbiting in space

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhou Jianping, chief designer, China's manned space program (starting with shot 6/ending with shot 8):
"We think there may be a need for expansion in the future when more scientific research is conducted. We can meet the demand through multiple ways such as in-orbit maintenance and in-orbit technological upgrading. Meanwhile, we can enlarge the space station from the present three modules to four and even six. All these are feasible."

China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Animations showing manned spacecraft flying in space; astronauts

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of return capsule in plant

China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Animations showing manned spacecraft flying in space

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhou Jianping, chief designer, China's manned space program (starting with shot 10/ending with shot 12):
"We have also deployed a large number of scientific experimental devices inside and outside the cabin, including space life science, space material science, microgravity and microgravity science, combustion science, physics, basic physics, and astronomy. The research equipment covers a very important part of space science."
China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Various of graphics showing fields of space science
13. Animations showing manned spacecraft flying in space

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
14. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhou Jianping, chief designer, China's manned space program (ending with shot 15):
"Its resolution ratio will be equivalent to the well-known Hubble telescope, but its field angle will be 300 times larger than the Hubble telescope. With it, we can finish the survey of large areas in space in 10 years. I believe it will become an important highlight of our scientific exploration for the space station."

China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
15. Animations showing manned spacecraft flying in space; astronauts
16. Animation showing manned spacecraft flying in space

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China is making headway with its manned space program and aims to complete the construction of a space station by 2022, following the successful launch of the Long March-5B carrier rocket on Tuesday.

The new large carrier rocket Long March-5B made its maiden flight from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the coast of southern China's island province of Hainan at 18:00 (Beijing Time) Tuesday, sending the trial version of China's new-generation manned spaceship and a cargo return capsule for test into space.

The successful flight inaugurated the "third step" of China's manned space program, which will see the construction of a new space station.

In 1992, China started its manned space program with a three-step strategy. Pioneering astronaut Yang Liwei carried out the first step, becoming the Chinese space program's first astronaut sent into space and returning safely in the Shenzhou-5 mission of 2003.

The second step saw the development of advanced space flight techniques and technologies including extra-vehicular activity and orbital docking. This phase included the launch of Tiangong-1, a transitional platform to test the docking technology, and the Tiangong-2 space lab.

So far, a total of 16 major missions of China's manned space program have been accomplished, with a success rate of 100 percent.

The next step is to assemble and operate a permanent manned space station.

After the maiden flight of the Long March-5B, the core module of the space station, named Tianhe, and two experiment capsules, named Wentian and Mengtian, will be sent into space.

During the construction of the space station, China plans to launch four Shenzhou manned spaceships and four Tianzhou cargo spacecraft to transport astronauts and supplement materials.

The assembly of the station's core module has been completed and the two experiment capsules as well as scientific payloads are under development.

The crew members to participate in the construction of the space station have been selected and are trained for the missions. China's third batch of reserve astronauts will be selected around July.

The Chinese space station is designed to last 10 years, but can be extended through maintenance. Its size can also be enlarged if needed, according to Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China's manned space program.

"We think there may be a need for expansion in the future when more scientific research is conducted. We can meet the demand through multiple ways such as in-orbit maintenance and in-orbit technological upgrading. Meanwhile, we can enlarge the space station from the present three modules to four and even six. All these are feasible," said Zhou.

International cooperation on the Chinese space station has already been launched, with nine programs from 17 countries of five continents of the globe, including space astronomy, microgravity fluid physics, combustion science, geoscience, applied new technology, and space life science and biotechnology selected as the first batch international cooperation programs.

"We have also deployed a large number of scientific experimental devices inside and outside the cabin, including space life science, space material science, microgravity and microgravity science, combustion science, physics, basic physics, and astronomy. The research equipment covers a very important part of space science," said Zhou.

A sky survey optical module will also be established in the space station, Zhou said.

"Its resolution ratio will be equivalent to the well-known Hubble telescope, but its field angle will be 300 times larger than the Hubble telescope. With it, we can finish the survey of large areas in space in 10 years. I believe it will become an important highlight of our scientific exploration for the space station," said Zhou.

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China-Long March Rocket/Space Station

China on track to complete construction of new space station by 2022

Dateline : May 5, 2020/Recent

Location : China

Duration : 2'30

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Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of rocket component in plant; workers
2. Various of rocket component being moved to plant

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - May 5, 2020 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Long March-5B rocket launch
4. Screen showing real-time launch
5. Animation showing return capsule separating from rocket

China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Animations showing manned spacecraft orbiting in space

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhou Jianping, chief designer, China's manned space program (starting with shot 6/ending with shot 8):
"We think there may be a need for expansion in the future when more scientific research is conducted. We can meet the demand through multiple ways such as in-orbit maintenance and in-orbit technological upgrading. Meanwhile, we can enlarge the space station from the present three modules to four and even six. All these are feasible."

China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Animations showing manned spacecraft flying in space; astronauts

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of return capsule in plant

China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Animations showing manned spacecraft flying in space

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhou Jianping, chief designer, China's manned space program (starting with shot 10/ending with shot 12):
"We have also deployed a large number of scientific experimental devices inside and outside the cabin, including space life science, space material science, microgravity and microgravity science, combustion science, physics, basic physics, and astronomy. The research equipment covers a very important part of space science."
China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Various of graphics showing fields of space science
13. Animations showing manned spacecraft flying in space

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, Hainan Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
14. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhou Jianping, chief designer, China's manned space program (ending with shot 15):
"Its resolution ratio will be equivalent to the well-known Hubble telescope, but its field angle will be 300 times larger than the Hubble telescope. With it, we can finish the survey of large areas in space in 10 years. I believe it will become an important highlight of our scientific exploration for the space station."

China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
15. Animations showing manned spacecraft flying in space; astronauts
16. Animation showing manned spacecraft flying in space


China is making headway with its manned space program and aims to complete the construction of a space station by 2022, following the successful launch of the Long March-5B carrier rocket on Tuesday.

The new large carrier rocket Long March-5B made its maiden flight from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the coast of southern China's island province of Hainan at 18:00 (Beijing Time) Tuesday, sending the trial version of China's new-generation manned spaceship and a cargo return capsule for test into space.

The successful flight inaugurated the "third step" of China's manned space program, which will see the construction of a new space station.

In 1992, China started its manned space program with a three-step strategy. Pioneering astronaut Yang Liwei carried out the first step, becoming the Chinese space program's first astronaut sent into space and returning safely in the Shenzhou-5 mission of 2003.

The second step saw the development of advanced space flight techniques and technologies including extra-vehicular activity and orbital docking. This phase included the launch of Tiangong-1, a transitional platform to test the docking technology, and the Tiangong-2 space lab.

So far, a total of 16 major missions of China's manned space program have been accomplished, with a success rate of 100 percent.

The next step is to assemble and operate a permanent manned space station.

After the maiden flight of the Long March-5B, the core module of the space station, named Tianhe, and two experiment capsules, named Wentian and Mengtian, will be sent into space.

During the construction of the space station, China plans to launch four Shenzhou manned spaceships and four Tianzhou cargo spacecraft to transport astronauts and supplement materials.

The assembly of the station's core module has been completed and the two experiment capsules as well as scientific payloads are under development.

The crew members to participate in the construction of the space station have been selected and are trained for the missions. China's third batch of reserve astronauts will be selected around July.

The Chinese space station is designed to last 10 years, but can be extended through maintenance. Its size can also be enlarged if needed, according to Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China's manned space program.

"We think there may be a need for expansion in the future when more scientific research is conducted. We can meet the demand through multiple ways such as in-orbit maintenance and in-orbit technological upgrading. Meanwhile, we can enlarge the space station from the present three modules to four and even six. All these are feasible," said Zhou.

International cooperation on the Chinese space station has already been launched, with nine programs from 17 countries of five continents of the globe, including space astronomy, microgravity fluid physics, combustion science, geoscience, applied new technology, and space life science and biotechnology selected as the first batch international cooperation programs.

"We have also deployed a large number of scientific experimental devices inside and outside the cabin, including space life science, space material science, microgravity and microgravity science, combustion science, physics, basic physics, and astronomy. The research equipment covers a very important part of space science," said Zhou.

A sky survey optical module will also be established in the space station, Zhou said.

"Its resolution ratio will be equivalent to the well-known Hubble telescope, but its field angle will be 300 times larger than the Hubble telescope. With it, we can finish the survey of large areas in space in 10 years. I believe it will become an important highlight of our scientific exploration for the space station," said Zhou.

ID : 8142276

Published : 2020-05-06 13:41

Last Modified : 2020-05-06 21:30:00

Source : China Central Television (CCTV)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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