LIFT OFF: China launches space module rocket Tiangong 1

China has launched its space module lab called "Heavenly Palace" or Tiangong 1 which will remain in orbit for docking missions. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com
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Tiangong 1 (天宫一号) launch animation

Tiangong 1 (English: Heavenly Palace) is a Chinese space laboratory, intended as a test-bed to develop the rendezvous and docking capabilities needed to support a larger, inhabited space station complex. The launch of Tiangong 1, aboard a Long March 2F rocket, is planned for late September 2011. It is part of the Tiangong space station programme, also known as Project 921-2, which aims to place a full-size, semi-permanent crewed space station into orbit by 2020. Info: en.wikipedia.org
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Tiangong-1, China's space station successfully launched

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CHINA LAUNCHES TIANGONG-1 CHINESE SATELLITE (ROCKET) INTO SPACE

CHINA LAUNCHES TIANGONG-1 SATELLITE INTO SPACE. Well China launched Tiangong-1 Satellite and I have to say I'm very happy with it. It's always good to hear when other countries get involved, lets just hope peace stays between us all. No Video Yet Thanks so much, and don't forget to check me out on the links below! MAIN CHANNEL www.youtube.com PERSONAL CHANNEL www.youtube.com MUSIC CHANNEL www.youtube.com GAME CHANNEL www.youtube.com FACEBOOK www.facebook.com TWITTER www.twitter.com Please share with all your friends, it really helps a lot =) thank you and welcome to the channel :) Megan Extra tags RT raw video footage China space research cosmic record space race CCTV CHINA LAUNCHES SATELLITE CHINESE SATELLITE TIANGONG-1
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China Launches Tiangong-1 First chinese Space Lab Module!

September 29, 2011 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. China's first space lab module Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace-1, blasted off at 9:16 pm Beijing Time (1316 GMT) Thursday in a northwest desert area as the nation envisions the coming of its space station era in about ten years. The unmanned module, carried by the Long March-2FT1 rocket, will test space docking with a spacecraft later this year, paving the way for China to operate a permanent space station around 2020 and making it the world's third country to do so. More than ten minutes after the blastoff, Commander-in-chief of China's manned space program Chang Wanquan announced the launch's success at the control center in Beijing. The success of the launch, however, is just a beginning, and the real challenge is space docking, said Yang Hong, chief designer of Tiangong module series.
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China launches the Tiangong-1 set to 'America the Beautiful'

China launches the Tiangong-1 set to 'America the Beautiful'
News Flash: 'Superpower' China Launches Tiangong 1 Space Module as NASA Rolls Over In Its Grave

Prepare for what's coming... CurrencyOfTheFuture.US News Flash 'Superpower' China Launches Tiangong 1 Space Module as NASA Rolls Over In Its Grave China's great leap towards superpower status with space station test launch Tiangong 1, China's first unmanned space module, blasts off in Jiuquan, Gansu province on Thursday. China's great leap towards superpower status with space station test launchThe launch of the unmanned Tiangong 1 module comes in a year when the US ( NASA ) has wound down its space shuttle fleet. samples.eFoodsGlobal.com Doyou have healthy, long-term, dehydrated food reserves? eFoods Global has the BEST dehydrated storable food on the planet! No MSG, Non-GMO, No Corn Syrup, and No Artificial Ingredients... 25 Year Shelf Life 100% Vegetarian View the 'Video Tour' at http and get 12 FREE servings of your choice! Not to mention that they can help you build your own home based business, and show you how to get all your food for free! Check it out! samples.eFoodsGlobal.com Prepare your family with eFoods Global NOW! http survival food efoods global efoods global ibo efoods direct efoods prepare 2012 riots economy crisis reserve dollar silver gold. CurrencyOfTheFuture.US
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CHINA LAUNCHES SATELLITE TIANGONG-1

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China Launch Space Laboratory Tiangong-1 - Long March 2F Rocket Launch - Footage

www.socialmunch.com - Social Network, Video Chat & Social Discovery China has launched its first space laboratory, Tiangong-1. The 10.5m-long, cylindrical module will be unmanned for the time being, but the country's astronauts, or yuhangyuans, are expected to visit it next year. Tiangong-1 will demonstrate the critical technologies needed by China to build a fully fledged space station - something it has promised to do at the end of the decade. The space lab made the journey into orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket. http - Social Network, Video Chat & Social Discovery
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[Long March] Launch of Shenzhou-8 for the First Chinese Docking to Tiangong-1

A Long March 2F rocket blasted off from China today at 21:58 UTC, Launching the Shenzhou-8 Spacecraft. The spacecraft is due to perform the first Chinese docking ever to the Tiangong-1 Space Station. Tiangong-1 is a single module and was launched a month ago on September 29th.
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[Tiangong-1] Shenzhou-8 Undocks & Redocks Successfully in Test

The Shenzhou-8 Spacecraft which launched on the 31st October and docked to the Tiangong-1 Spacelab on the 2nd November has successfully undocked and then redocked. The test took place around 12:30 UTC as the docking and undocking capabilities were tested. The Shenzhou-8 Spacecraft is due to undock again on Wednesday for a de-orbit burn and landing.
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天宫一号进展顺利Chinese TianGong 1 target spacecraft

TianGong 1 Also known as target spacecraft, this is an 8-tonne unmanned module with two docking ports to serve as a target for later rendezvous docking operations. The launch is possibly scheduled in 2010 using the improved CZ-2F/G launch vehicle. The spacecraft has a design service life of two years.
Unmanned Shenzhou 8 Launch for first chinese space docking with Tiangong-1

October 31, 2011 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. An unmanned Shenzhou space capsule blasted off from China on Monday to begin a two-day chase of another spacecraft in orbit for a high-speed link-up to form an austere space laboratory for future astronaut visits. The launching commenced an orbital ballet to pursue the Tiangong 1 module, an 11-foot-wide, 34-foot-long target vehicle that's been circling Earth since Sept. 29. Sometime Wednesday, the Shenzhou 8 spacecraft will automatically approach the target module, establish two-way radio and navigation links, then approach Tiangong 1 at a pace of 20 centimeters per second, or less than one-half mile per hour. So far, only Russia, the United States and the European Space Agency have launched spacecraft with the ability to rendezvous and dock in orbit. Japan has demonstrated rendezvous and docking technology with its resupply freighter for the International Space Station and a satellite mission in the 1990s. If successful, China's autopilot docking will set the stage for one or two manned Shenzhou flights next year to visit the Tiangong module and form a temporary mini-space station for technology testing and science experiments.
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China huge space rocket, carrying 1st orbital lab TIANGONG 1, set to launc.

"The unmanned Tiangong 1 ("Heavenly Palace") module was scheduled to lift off between Sept. 27 and 30, but a forecasted cold weather front has pushed the targeted launch date back to Sept. 29 or 30. The module will launch on a Chinese Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China." www.space.com
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China has a strong intention to launch unmanned space module Tiangong-1 (Heavenly Palace 1) in 2011. This information was communicated today by Xinhua and ITAR-TASS news agencies. 8.5 ton spacecraft is intended for 'long-term space operations' and will become 'an essential step' to create Chinese national space station. Former chief designer of Chinese manned space vehicles programme Qi Faren said that within two years following the module's launch China will launch Shenzhou-8, Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 to perform an experimental docking with Tiangong-1.
China Launch of Shenzhou-8

China launch of Shenzhou-8 which will attempt to rendezvous and dock with the Tiangong-1 space station module. This is China's first attempt at a docking and rendezvous between its spacecraft.
Scientists Refer to Tiangong 1 as "The Project for Image"

Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com China National Space Administration recently launched China's first space laboratory module, Tiangong-1 (Heavenly Palace), in hopes of mastering space docking technology. The Chinese Communist Regime invests heavily in space technology. Scientists point out it is merely a project for image. It is a costly project with technology falling 50 years behind the US. It actually serves no good to either the country or the people. Voice: On the evening of September 29, China's first space laboratory module, Tiangong-1, was launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province. The official indicated Shenzhou-8 spacecraft will be launched in November to dock with Tiangong-1. If successful, China will be the third country, following the USA and Russia, mastering space docking technique. Tiangong-1's designs are based on Russian space technology. It measures more than 9 meter long, 3.35 meters in diameter, and 8.5 tons. The prototype consists of two segments, the experiment module and a resource module. The operational lifespan is anticipated to be two years. Dr. Huang Zuwei, a NASA engineer, indicated in an interview with NTD that space docking technology was developed in the USA and Russia nearly 50 years ago. NASA engineer Dr. Huang Zuwei: "If you (the CCP) really want to compare to the US or the former Soviet Union, there's a gap of a few dozen of years in space technology. No matter how you rush <b>...</b>
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Scholar Prays For Tiangong 1 Failure

Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com Ordinary people have no interests in Tiandong 1, so what about Beijing scholars? Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), former professor Wang Fuchong, wrote on his microblog praying for space station Tianggong 1's public failure. What were his reasons? Tiangong 1 is the first Chinese space station. It is said that most researchers come from BUAA. But the day before its launch, former BUAA professor Wang Fuchong wrote on his microblog "praying for launch failure." And after it was launched, he wrote "grieving for people's difficult lives." He was seriously criticized by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s official media internet spies. His micro blog was closed on October 1. Renowned commentator Li Jianmang expressed his support for Wang. Li believes what Wang did is very righteous. CCP leaders spend taxpayers' money recklessly on image projects,"As a taxpayer of course I can't blame him." Commentator Li Li, currently residing in the Netherlands, also expressed understanding. He said, as an economist, professor Wang knows Chinese society more incisively. Li Li believes it can be hard to comprehend that CCP spends large amounts of money on "show-off projects" before it can solve problems of basic social welfare, such as people's living, education, and medical care. On September 27, two days before Tiangong 1's launch, a serious subway accident occurred in Shanghai, injuring nearly <b>...</b>
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China's first space lab module to be launched on Sept. 29

China is making last-minute preparations to launch the country's first space laboratory module at the end of this week at a launch center in northwest China. The unmanned Tiangong-1 module was originally scheduled to be launched into low Earth orbit between Sept. 27 and 30. However, the forecasted arrival of a cold air mass at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center has pushed the launch back to Sept. 29 or 30, depending on weather and other factors. "This is a significant test. We've never done such a thing before," said Lu Jinrong, the launch center's chief engineer. A full ground simulation was conducted on Sunday afternoon to ensure that the module and its Long March 2F carrier rocket are prepared for the actual launch. Just one month ago, a Long March carrier 2C rocket malfunctioned and failed to send an experimental satellite into orbit. The Tiangong-1 mission was subsequently rescheduled in order to allow engineers to sort out any problems that might occur during the launch. The Tiangong-1 will stay in orbit for two years. During its mission, it will dock with China's Shenzhou-8, -9 and -10 spacecraft. Unmanned docking procedures will be essential for China's eventual goal of establishing a manned space station around 2020. LIVE-Lounch and More Information : www.globale-evolution.de
China to Launch Unmanned Space Module Next Week

For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ facebook.com China will launch an unmanned space module, Tiangong-1, sometime next week. Tiangong-1 and its carrier rocket Long-March II-F have been moved to the launch area at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province. Tiangong-1 is designed to serve as a platform for China's future spacecraft to rendezvous and dock in outer space. It will be carried into space on a Long March II-F carrier rocket and it will dock with the unmanned Shenzhou-8 spacecraft, which will be sent into space after Tiangong-1's launch. Tiangong-1 will mainly carry out a rendezvous and docking test, so as to master rendezvous and docking technologies and accumulate experience for the construction, management and operation of a space station.
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China to Launch Rocket Tiangong 1 Space Module and Build Space Station

www.socialmunch.com - Social Network, Video Chat & Social Discovery China is scheduled to launch a rocket marking its first step towards building its own space station. Preparations are under way for the launch of Tiangong 1 at the launching pad in the Gobi Desert. It is a mission that is generating huge national pride and is being seen as a symbol of the country's growing global stature. http - Social Network, Video Chat & Social Discovery
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Ahead of the real-life launch on 29 September, China has released an animation that simulates space module Tiangong-1 entering its orbit. It also shows Tiangong-1 joining up with an unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft that China plans to launch later this year. The unmanned Tiangong-1 laboratory is a step towards a bigger orbiting platform that China expects to be cheaper than the US and European-backed International Space Station Fair Use: Via - www.guardian.co.uk
China launches first module for future space station

The Tiangong-1 module which will lay the groundwork for a future space station, was shot into space from the Jiuquan launch centre on the edge of the Gobi Desert, aboard a Long March 2FT1 rocket. For more videos visit www.telegraph.co.uk
China made its first space docking perfectly! Shenzhou-8 and Tiangong-1.

Within eight minutes, China cleared a major hurdle of docking on the way to its own space station; within four decades, China crossed a critical threshold to outer space adventure. The autonomous docking maneuver between Shenzhou-8 and Tiangong-1 was completed at 1:37 am Thursday. It is a major milestone in China's space exploration, which began with the launch of its first indigenous satellite in 1970. Aided by microwave radars, laser distance measurers and video cameras, the two spacecraft smoothly captured, cushioned, connected and locked onto each other, using an androgynous docking system that allows any two similarly equipped spacecraft to dock with each other. Shenzhou-8, an unmanned spacecraft, was launched Tuesday from a Northwest China site. After flying for two days, it linked up with the target modular orbiter Tiangong-1, which awaited the space rendezvous for 34 days. President Hu Jintao, who is to attend the Cannes G20 meeting in France, praised the achievement. After sending six astronauts into space on three separate missions from 2003 to 2008, China paved the way for building a permanent space station, which might serve as a base for possible manned lunar exploration. Dr. Erik Seedhouse, a Canadian space scientist, told Xinhua by e-mail, "China can send all the components into low earth orbit and assemble lunar spacecraft and be ready to go to the Moon within the next decade." The world's first space docking was achieved in 1966 when the US manned <b>...</b>
Space Palace: China prepares to colonize Universe

China is getting ready to launch an unmanned laboratory into space on Thursday, marking the first ambitious step to building the country's very own space station. The experimental module 'Tiangong 1', also known as 'Heavenly palace', will be launched from the Gobi desert in China's northwest. Officials have promised to complete the construction of the station by the end of the decade. The editor of 'News of the cosmonautics magazine' Igor Lisov believes China's exploration of space is fueled by its desire to catch up with other countries. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com
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China FAILED to launch SHIJIAN-11-04 satellite atop CZ-2C rocket

August 18, 2011 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The launch of a Chinese unmanned space module, the Tiangong-1, will not be affected by the failed launch of an experimental orbiter on Thursday, an expert said Friday. Qi Faren, a chief designer of China's "Shenzhou" spacecraft family, said that the carrier rocket for the Tiangong-1 is different from that used for the experimental orbiter SJ-11-04, which failed to enter Earth's orbit due to a malfunction of the rocket. The Long-March II-F, the carrier rocket that will launch the Tiangong-1 into orbit, is China's most well-known and reliable carrier rocket. Developed in 1992, the rocket has successfully propelled seven Chinese spacecraft into orbit. The rocket is expected to send the 8.5-metric ton Tiangong-1, or "Heavenly Palace 1," into space in the second half of this year to perform the nation's first space docking procedure. The Tiangong-1 will dock with the unmanned Shenzhou-8 spacecraft, which will be sent into space two months after the Tiangong-1's launch. Both the Long March II-F carrier rocket and the Tiangong-1 have been moved to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province and are now in "normal condition," Qi said. The experimental orbiter SJ-11-04 failed to go into orbit after its Long March II-C carrier rocket malfunctioned. The rocket was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 5:28 pm Thursday. The cause of the malfunction is being investigated.
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Liftoff of the Tiangong 1 (天宫一号) space lab

Shí, jiǔ, bā, qī, liù, wǔ, sì, sān, èr, yī, diǎnhuǒ. Qǐfēi! (In english: "ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, ignition. Lift off!")
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China launches unmanned space lab in Earths orbit

China's first space laboratory module launched Thursday, according to state-run media, an important milestone in China's plan to build a space station. China's Xinhua news agency showed a picture of President Hu Jintao watching the launch of Tiangong-1 at Beijing Aerospace Control Center along with Communist Party officials. Tiangong means "heavenly palace" in Chinese. It lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu Province, northwest China. The module was on a carrier rocket, called the Long March 2F T1. The 8.5-ton lab module is part of an experiment to test space rendezvous and docking capabilities, essential for the operation of a manned space platform. Opinion: Make China our new partner in space Wu Ping, spokesperson for the China Manned Space Engineering Project, told a press conference before the launch that the effective volume of the experiment module is about 15 cubic meters, which could potentially accommodate three astronauts. Tiangong-1 was originally scheduled to launch at the end of August but was postponed after the failure of another satellite launch. When the module successfully enters its low Earth orbit, an unmanned spacecraft -- Shenzhou-8 -- will be sent into space to dock with it. The two spacecraft will fly for about 12 days after the first docking, before conducting another docking test at an appropriate time in flight, Xinhua reported. After the two tests, the Shenzhou-8 will return to Earth and the Tiangong-1 will rise to its <b>...</b>
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Chinese ISS? Video of 'Heavenly Palace' launching into orbit

FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY CHINA'S STATE BROADCASTER ON BEHALF OF THE BEIJING GOVERNMENT China on Thursday launched an experimental module to lay the groundwork for a future space station, underscoring its ambitions to become a major space power. The Tiangong-1 module was shot into space from the Jiuquan launch centre on the edge of the Gobi Desert, aboard a Long March 2FT1 rocket. Both President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao were at the launch. After moving the module into orbit, China plans to launch an unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft to practice docking manoeuvres, possibly within the next few weeks. Two more missions, at least one of them manned, are to meet up with the Tiangong-1 next year for further practice, with astronauts - or taikonauts as they're known in China - staying for up to one month. The 8.5-ton module, whose name translates as "Heavenly Palace-1", is to stay aloft for two years, after which two other experimental modules are to be launched for additional tests before the actual station is launched in three sections between 2020 and 2022. The space station, which is yet to be formally named, is the most ambitious project in China's exploration of space, which also calls for landing on the moon, possibly with astronauts. RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com
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Shenzhou 8 and Tiangong 1 Docking Animation

Shame on China! Can launch a space vessel but can't even make a proper video clip. The background music was set to "America the Beautiful". This is just one example of about hiring non-qualified people for doing a job right in China.
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天宮一号动画Tiangong 1 Simulation [HD]

中國載人航天新聞發言人武平昨(28) 日在酒泉衛星發射基地正式宣佈,中國首次太空交會對接任務將於9 月底至11 月中旬,相繼發射「天宮一號」目標飛行器和「神舟八號」飛船。「天宮一號」將於今(29) 日晚上9 時16 分至31 分擇機發射,並與隨後升空的「神八」飛船進行兩次交會對接。任務完成後,「神八」飛船將返回地面,「天宮一號」則會轉入長期運行管理模式,等待下次交會對接。武平表示,「天宮一號」飛行的主要任務是,為實施太空交會對接試驗提供目標飛行器;初步建立長期無人在軌運行、短期有人照料的載人太空試驗平台,為太空站研製積累經驗;進行太空科學實驗、航天醫學實驗和太空技術試驗。據悉,「天宮一號」升空後,將經兩次變軌進入高度約為350 公里的近圓軌道,進行在軌測試。「神八」飛船發射前,「天宮一號」降軌至高度約343 公里的近圓軌道,等待交會對接。「神舟八號」飛船發射入軌後兩天內,完成與「天宮一號」的第一次交會對接,形成組合體。組合體飛行12天左右,擇機進行第二次交會對接。組合體運行結束後,飛船於一天內返回地面。「天宮一號」將升軌至自主飛行軌道,轉入長期運行管理模式,等待下次交會對接。太空交會對接試驗是世界公認的航天技術難題,目前只有美國、俄羅斯可獨立完成。武平表示,與美、俄早期交會對接試驗相比,中國「天宮一號」目標飛行器,在技術、經濟等方面具有3大優勢:一是目標飛行器可支持多次交會對接,減少發射次數。二是目標飛行器按中國後續太空實驗室要求設計,可在完成交會對接任務的同時,驗證太空站部分關鍵技術。三是還可同時開展太空科學實驗和技術試驗。武平指出,與中國此前載人航天任務相比,此次交會對接任務更有4 方面難點。首先是技術要求高。發射神舟飛船的運載火箭入軌精度指標比工程前期有大幅提高;載人飛行器在軌壽命要求大幅提高。第二是 <b>...</b>




