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Chinese Space Program page

  Shenzhou 5 Landing Successful ! October 15, 2003
        (6:23am Beijing Time) 
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1921/   -----------------------------------------------------     China's Space Program Driven by Military Ambitions By Leonard David posted: 07:00 am ET 13 March 2002 China is readying an unpiloted Shenzhou 3 spaceship for flight a key step toward claiming a prestigious position in the heavens - becoming the third nation after Russia and the United States to attain an independent ability to launch humans into Earth orbit.   http://www.space.com/news/china_space_020313.html   -----------------------------------------------------   The race into space By Robert S. Walker Are the Chinese serious about human space flight? Most definitely. And they are interested in doing more than simply going to low Earth orbit.   http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20030528-092308-4284r.htm   -----------------------------------------------------       AIR WAR COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY CHINA ’S SPACE PROGRAM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES by J.Barry Patterson Lt Col,USAF A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY IN FULFILLMENT OF THE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENT Advisor:Dr.Joan Johnson-Freese MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE,ALABAMA APRIL 19,1995  
 
  https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay1995/awc/patterjb.pdf     -----------------------------------------------------   Washington Times October 20, 2003   China space program shows careful development     By Martin Sieff UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL http://washingtontimes.com/world/20031019-112013-5419r.htm     -----------------------------------------------------   Glenn Mahone/Bob Jacobs Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-1898/1600))   October 14, 2003 RELEASE : 03-333 NASA Administrator Marks China's Space Milestone http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2003/oct/HQ_03333_china.html     Long March 2C
      Very good overview of the Long March series
     
http://www.fas.org/spp/guide/china/launch/lm2c/2C_Chapter1.htm   Rocsat2 http://www.skyrocket.de/space/index_frame.htm?http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sdat/rocsat-2.htm

Chinese Launch sites:
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre (Base 20)
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

 

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