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China Plans to Carry Out Record-Breaking Number of Space Missions in 2016

© AP Photo / Xinhua, Jiang HongjingFile Photo: An unmanned spacecraft is launched atop an advanced Long March 3C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
File Photo: An unmanned spacecraft is launched atop an advanced Long March 3C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. - Sputnik International
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According to China's Aerospace Corporation, Beijing will carry out over 20 space launches in 2016, which so far is the largest number of missions in a single year.

BEIJING (Sputnik) — Beijing will conduct over 20 space missions this year, including a launch of a manned spacecraft, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said Friday.

China's Long March 2-D carrier rocket carrying a Chinese-made satellite takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province Monday, Nov. 3, 2003 - Sputnik International
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"This year will see more than 20 space launches, the most missions in a single year," China’s major space contractor said, as quoted by the China daily newspaper.

According to the space agency, China will launch the Tiangong 2 space laboratory by late June to probe life support technologies for Beijing’s future space station, as well as the Shenzhou XI manned spacecraft.

China is also expected to launch two satellites for domestic navigation systems and one communications satellite for Belarus.

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