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China-Sounding Rocket
Danzhou City, Hainan Province, south China - April 27, 2016
1. Rocket flying into sky
2. Scientist monitoring rocket launch in control center
3. Screen showing experiment equipment on rocket
4. Various of scientist monitoring rocket launch in control room
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Ji, director, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ending with shot 6):
"By adding a second stage to the rocket, we increased the flight altitude to over 300 kilometers -- the highest among the present Chinese sounding rockets. The apogee of the previous one was about 200 kilometers."
6. Various of rocket
7. Various of animation of rocket in the sky
8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Ji, director, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (partially overlaid with shot 9):
"We will launch one to two sounding rockets every year on this site in accordance to the sci-tech part of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020). More rockets will be launched every year in the later period of the five-year plan. We will use recoverable probe unit in the future so they will return to the earth after the launch and be used for the research on life sciences and microgravity science."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
9. Various of rocket
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
Danzhou City, Hainan Province, south China - April 26, 2016
10. Various of people moving rocket onto launcher
China launched a sounding rocket with a record high apogee from a launch site in Danzhou City, Hainan Island on Wednesday morning.
The two-stage rocket, with a record apogee of 316 kilometers, was launched by the National Space Science Center (NSSC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The head of the rocket was equipped with a new altitude control system. New materials of flexible carbon fiber were also used in the rocket to enable easier flight.
Mr. Wu Ji, head of the NSSC, said the spacecraft will fly over 100 kilometers farther than the previous sounding rockets of the country.
"By adding a second stage to the rocket, we increased the flight altitude to over 300 kilometers -- the highest among the present Chinese sounding rockets. The apogee of the previous one was about 200 kilometers," he said.
Wu said new experiment equipment were loaded in the rocket to make further research on ionosphere at low latitudes and the space environment in the upper atmosphere.
"We will launch one to two sounding rockets every year on this site in accordance to the sci-tech part of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020). More rockets will be launched every year in the later period of the five-year plan. We will use recoverable probe unit in the future so they will return to the earth after the launch and be used for the research on life sciences and microgravity science," he said.
China-Sounding Rocket
Dateline : April 26/27, 2016
Location : Danzhou,Hainan,China
Duration : 1'33
Danzhou City, Hainan Province, south China - April 27, 2016
1. Rocket flying into sky
2. Scientist monitoring rocket launch in control center
3. Screen showing experiment equipment on rocket
4. Various of scientist monitoring rocket launch in control room
5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Ji, director, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ending with shot 6):
"By adding a second stage to the rocket, we increased the flight altitude to over 300 kilometers -- the highest among the present Chinese sounding rockets. The apogee of the previous one was about 200 kilometers."
6. Various of rocket
7. Various of animation of rocket in the sky
8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wu Ji, director, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (partially overlaid with shot 9):
"We will launch one to two sounding rockets every year on this site in accordance to the sci-tech part of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020). More rockets will be launched every year in the later period of the five-year plan. We will use recoverable probe unit in the future so they will return to the earth after the launch and be used for the research on life sciences and microgravity science."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
9. Various of rocket
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
Danzhou City, Hainan Province, south China - April 26, 2016
10. Various of people moving rocket onto launcher
China launched a sounding rocket with a record high apogee from a launch site in Danzhou City, Hainan Island on Wednesday morning.
The two-stage rocket, with a record apogee of 316 kilometers, was launched by the National Space Science Center (NSSC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The head of the rocket was equipped with a new altitude control system. New materials of flexible carbon fiber were also used in the rocket to enable easier flight.
Mr. Wu Ji, head of the NSSC, said the spacecraft will fly over 100 kilometers farther than the previous sounding rockets of the country.
"By adding a second stage to the rocket, we increased the flight altitude to over 300 kilometers -- the highest among the present Chinese sounding rockets. The apogee of the previous one was about 200 kilometers," he said.
Wu said new experiment equipment were loaded in the rocket to make further research on ionosphere at low latitudes and the space environment in the upper atmosphere.
"We will launch one to two sounding rockets every year on this site in accordance to the sci-tech part of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020). More rockets will be launched every year in the later period of the five-year plan. We will use recoverable probe unit in the future so they will return to the earth after the launch and be used for the research on life sciences and microgravity science," he said.
ID : 8019768
Published : 2016-04-27 13:08
Last Modified : 2017-12-23 02:46:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
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