Chinese tracking ship Yuanwang-6
sets sail on monitoring missions
July 13
China's space tracking ship
Yuanwang-6 departed from a port in east China's Jiangsu
Province Monday for multiple spacecraft monitoring
missions.
Yuanwang-6, the third-generation
Yuanwang space tracking ship, will carry out missions in
the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic
Ocean. It will complete a one-way voyage of more than
10,000 nautical miles and operate at sea for 100 days.
This is the first time for a
Yuanwang ship to perform missions in the three oceans
during a single voyage.
Yang Bianjiao, captain of
Yuanwang-6, said crew members had conducted drills,
devised action plans and inspected facilities before the
voyage.
The ship has completed an overhaul,
maritime calibration tests, equipment precision
appraisals and two satellite maritime monitoring
missions this year. Nearly 70 percent of the crew have
been working on the ship for over 160 days.
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