“中星十一號”衛(wèi)星2日凌晨從西昌衛(wèi)星發(fā)射中心成功發(fā)射升空，該中心黨委書記孫保衛(wèi)接受記者采訪時表示，西昌衛(wèi)星發(fā)射中心未來年航天發(fā)射能力，將從目前的9-10發(fā)提高到15發(fā)以上，以滿足中國航天事業(yè)快速發(fā)展對高密度航天發(fā)射任務的需求。
A Long March-3B carrier rocket is launched in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 2, 2013. China successfully sent a communications satellite, "Zhongxing-11", into orbit with a Long March-3B carrier rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Thursday.
Xichang (CNS) -- The Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province will have the capability to launch more than 15 satellites every year, the center said on Thursday.
Party Secretary Sun Baowei said that the center is focusing more on infrastructure improvement to keep up with the development of the country's space industry.
The establishment of a test center has already been started and will be completed next year, Sun said. The No. 3 tower will also be upgraded in 2014 to launch more types of rockets.
The center plans to launch more than 50 satellites and space vehicles, including Beidou and Chang'e, in the next eight to ten years, he added.
The center launched the communications satellite "Zhongxing-11" at about midnight Thursday (Beijing time).
“中星十一號”衛(wèi)星2日凌晨從西昌衛(wèi)星發(fā)射中心成功發(fā)射升空，該中心黨委書記孫保衛(wèi)接受記者采訪時表示，西昌衛(wèi)星發(fā)射中心未來年航天發(fā)射能力，將從目前的9-10發(fā)提高到15發(fā)以上，以滿足中國航天事業(yè)快速發(fā)展對高密度航天發(fā)射任務的需求。
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