Bangalore, Jan 04: China today said that it is going ahead
with its manned space mission and another project to explore the moon while unveiling its future programme, that will include an eight-satellite constellation for disaster
monitoring, data relay satellites and a new satellite to
broadcast directly to homes.
The lunar exploration programme is in the study phase and is awaiting government approval, Guo Baozhu, vice
administrator of the Chinese National Space Academy told the 'space summit' at the Indian Science Congress here.
He said that China has 12 different launch vehicles, the
heaviest of which can put 5.1 tonne payload in Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). India's biggest rocket GSLV can put 1.8 tonnes in GTO.
Guo said that China would like collaboration with other
nations in space science and applications.
Bureau Report
