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Top 10 Questions: China's March to Space
By Leonard David
Senior Space Writer
posted: 01:00 pm ET
14 October 2003
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9. How will the mission be
tracked?
There are four Chinese Yuan Wang
space-tracking ships, located:
- Off the north-eastern coast
of China
- North-east of the northern
island of New Zealand
- Off the coast of Angola
- South-western Australian
coast
There is also a Chinese-built
tracking and control station in Namibia, with construction completed in
mid-2001. This could reduce the tracking ship fleet by one, meaning no need for
ship to be stationed off the African coast. [
Latest Mission News
]
Next page: What's next for
China?
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