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Shenzhou-5 in 11th orbiting around Earth
www.chinaview.cn 2003-10-15 00:28:18

ĦĦĦĦBEIJING, Oct. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- The Shenzhou-5 spaceship, China's first manned space vehicle launched Wednesday morning, has entered its 11th orbiting around the Earth, with signals received in the Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center indicating that it was operating smoothly.

ĦĦĦĦIt takes 90 minutes for the spaceship to make one circle of the Earth. It is expected to land in Inner Mongolia in north China Thursday morning after 14 rounds of orbiting. Enditem

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