Special Report:Third Manned Space Mission
Picture released by China's manned space
project on Oct. 5, 2008 shows the image of China's Shenzhou-7 spaceship,
taken by a small monitoring satellite six minutes after it was released
from the spaceship on Sept. 27, 2008.Launched about two hours after
Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang finished the country's first spacewalk, the
monitoring satellite has sent back over 1,000 pictures of the spaceship.
The shadow on the spaceship was that of the monitoring satellite. (Chinese media
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BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Chinese media) -- The accompanying
satellite of Shenzhou-7 orbital module has accomplished its preset mission after
100 days in space, the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) said on Sunday.
This achievement marks China's "preliminary mastery
of satellite monitor technology," the center said. Since there are still some
extra fuel left, the satellite will continue its flight for more scientific
experiments.
Picture released by China's manned space
project on Oct. 5, 2008 shows the image of China's Shenzhou-7 spaceship,
taken by a small monitoring satellite six seconds after it was released
from the spaceship on Sept. 27, 2008. Launched about two hours after
Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang finished the country's first spacewalk, the
monitoring satellite has sent back over 1,000 pictures of the spaceship.
The shadow on the spaceship was that of the monitoring satellite. (Chinese media
Photo)
Photo
Gallery
After being released on Sept. 26, one day after
China's third manned spacecraft was launched, the accompanying satellite was
adjusted 13 times through engine ignitions so that it could focus on the orbital
module of Shenzhou-7.
The center said the accompanying satellite has being
flying around the orbital module in an elliptical circle, with the farthest
distance of 7.6 kilometers and the nearest of 3.8 kilometers.
The satellite has sent back thousands of high-quality
pictures of the orbital module, which were captured by its two cameras.
According to the center, the three Taikonauts aboard
Shenzhou-7-- Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng -- have ended their tours
across the country, and they will continue their regular training course to
prepare for the establishment of China's first space station.
China successfully launched the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft
on Sept.25 last year, making it the third country in the world to conduct
extravehicular activity (EVA) in space following the former Soviet Union and the
United States.
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