china's space authorities have announced plans to launch over 40 different spacecrafts into orbit in 20 separate launches this year 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 2013 was a massive year for china whose scientists launched 16 spacecraft to firmly establish their cosmic credentials in october 2003, it became only the third country in history to independently launch a manned mission into space on the shenzhou 5 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 its engines over 20 times  historic: in december 2013, china's chang'e 3 lunar probe became the first object to soft land on the moon since the soviet union's luna 24 in 1976  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 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' chinese space authorities also said a number of 'cutting edge' technologies will be tested for the first time, including the highly anticipated 'space bus' the yuanzheng 1 is china's largest ever rocket with a diameter of 52 meters it needs to be assembled at the launch site because trains carrying it would not be able to pass through tunnels its engine can restart over 20 times when flying in orbit and it is thought to be 75 per cent more efficient than spacecraft of the same size it also has the capability to move old, scrapped satellites out of useful orbit and into so called 'cemetery orbits' to prevent them from hindering other space faring vehicles in december 2013, the chang'e 3 lander   named after the chinese moon goddess   became the first object to soft land on the moon since the soviet union's luna 24 in 1976 china's national space administration operated the mission which incorporated a robotic lander and the country's first ever lunar rover exploration: in june 2012, the shenzhou 9 carried china's first female astronaut liu yang into space  cosmic: 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 its aspiration to carry out deep space exploration in september 2010 and planned to send a man to the moon by 2025 mr xiaojin says work is also continuing to extend china's lunar program, adding: 'we have made breakthroughs in most of the key technology needed for the chang'e 5 mission [which is expected to land on the moon by 2017] 'this year we will conduct more ground tests, particularly ones involving theconditions which will imitate the environment on the moon' meanwhile, the chinese government has already begun opening up its its lunar exploration program to private investment
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