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The ship types in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) include aircraft carriers, submarines, (both nuclear and conventional), amphibious transport docks, landing ships, tank, landing ships, medium, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, missile boats, submarine chasers, gunboats, mine countermeasures vessels, replenishment oilers ...
Shenzhou 16 ( Chinese: 神舟十六号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shíliù-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 16') was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 30 May 2023. It carried two People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts and a payload specialist from Beihang University on board a Shenzhou spacecraft.
Shenzhou 15. Shenzhou 15 ( Chinese: 神舟十五号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shíwǔ-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 15') was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 29 November 2022. It carried three People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission was the tenth crewed ...
The Yuan Wang 4 tracking ship was constructed by China State Shipbuilding Corporation and delivered to the China Satellite Launch and Tracking Control General on 18 July 1999. It had been converted from the previously used Xiang Yang Hong 10 scientific survey ship. Another two Yuan Wang-class vessels were launched in Shanghai in early 2007.
Tianhe ( Chinese: 天和; pinyin: Tiānhé; lit. 'Harmony of the Heavens'), [8] [9] officially the Tianhe core module ( Chinese: 天和核心舱 ), is the first module to launch of the Tiangong space station. It was launched into orbit on 29 April 2021, [1] as the first launch of the final phase of Tiangong program, part of the China Manned ...
The Wenchang Space Launch Site (Chinese: 文昌航天发射场 [1] [2]) is a rocket launch site located in Wenchang on the island of Hainan, in China. Formally a suborbital test center, it currently serves as China's southernmost spaceport. The site was selected for its low latitude, 19° north of the equator, allowing for larger payloads to be ...
The U.S. and other countries that condemned the launch of the satellite contended that the North Korean military had used missile technology to launch the satellite, and is using the launch to ...
The space program of the People's Republic of China is about the activities in outer space conducted and directed by the People's Republic of China.The roots of the Chinese space program trace back to the 1950s, when, with the help of the newly allied Soviet Union, China began development of its first ballistic missile and rocket programs in response to the perceived American (and, later ...