China launches first Moon orbiter
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October 25, 2007
The Asian space race is under way!!
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China is in an undeclared space race with its Asian rivals
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China has launched its first lunar orbiter, on a planned year-long exploration mission to the Moon. The satellite, named Chang’e 1, took off from the Xichang Centre in south-west China’s Sichuan province at 1800 local time (1000 GMT).
Analysts say it is a key step towards China’s aim of putting a man on the Moon by 2020, in the latest stage of an Asian space race with Japan and India
Earlier this month, a Japanese lunar probe entered orbit around the Moon.
India is planning a lunar mission for April next year.
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