article_snippet: China's space authorities have announced plans to launch over 40 different spacecrafts into orbit in 20 separate launches this year.
article_snippet: One of the vessels to be launched is the ground-breaking  Yuanzheng 1 - also known as the 'space bus' - which can launch 10 different satellites at once.
article_snippet: Ground-breaking: One of the 40 aircraft China plans to put into orbit is the Yuanzheng 1 'space bus' which can carry 10 satellites into space and restart the 40 aircraft China plans to put into orbit engines over 20 times .
article_snippet: A spokesman for the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said the vessels going up this year will mostly be 'communication satellites' orbiting at around 36,000ft.
article_snippet: Director of its Space Department Zhao Xiaojin added: 'There will also be some remote sensing satellites sent up to observe the earth as well as navigation satellites.'
article_snippet: A spokesman for the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said the vessels going up this year will mostly be 'communication satellites' The county announced The county aspiration to carry out deep space exploration in September 2010 and planned to send a man to the Moon by 2025.
highlights_snippet: Chinese space authorities planning to send 40 different aircraft into orbit .
  
highlights_snippet: One of the ships will be 'space bus' which can launch 10 satellites at once .
  