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China prepares to launch Long March-5 rocket for Mars mission – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua
The fourth Long March-5 rocket, to be used to launch China’s first Mars exploration mission, was vertically transported to the launching area at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China’s Hainan Province on Friday.
The carrier rocket, coded as Long March-5 Y4, is planned to be launched in late July or early August, according to the China National Space Administration.
It took about two hours to vertically transport the large rocket to the launching area of the center Friday morning. Fin…
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