文档介绍：Shenzhou space ship
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Expedition to the Outer Space
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launch sites
Jiuquan site
It is used for launches of a variety of spacecraft, including those related to the human spaceflight program.
Xichang sites
inaugurated in 1984
It is used for launches into geostationary orbit (above the equator),munications satellites.
Wengchang site
It is building from September 14, 2009. It will e the PRC's fourth satellite launch center.
This center will be used to launch heavy-duty series of CZ(Long March) V rocket.
Taiyuan site
opened in 1988
It is used for launches into polar orbits (that circle the Earth’s poles), primarily weather and other Earth observation satellites.
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launch vehicle
China has several different launch vehicles; most are called Chang Zheng (CZ, meaning Long March),others are named Kaituozhe.
CZ1、CZ2、CZ3、CZ4、CZ5
the CZ 2F is used for launches associated with its human spaceflight program.
CZ5 is still in development, is expected to pleted in 2014.
China is developing a new family of launch vehicles, called Kaituozhe (KT, meaning Pioneer).
A test launch of the first of these, KT-1, for small satellites, was conducted at Taiyuan in September 2003.
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Shenzhou