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Shenzhou-X spacecraft enters designated orbit

Updated: 2013-06-11 18:06
(Xinhua)

Shenzhou-X spacecraft enters designated orbit 

The Long March-2F carrier rocket carrying China's manned Shenzhou-X spacecraft blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu province, June 11, 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]

China's Shenzhou-X spacecraft, with three astronauts on board, entered its designated orbit on Tuesday afternoon.

The spacecraft, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 5:38 p.m..

 
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