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Maritime monitoring vessels ready for China's Shenzhou-11

Xinhua, October 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

The maritime monitoring vessels Yuanwang-5, Yuanwang-6 and Yuanwang-7 have arrived at their designated areas in the Pacific Ocean to track the upcoming space journey of the Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft.

The Shenzhou-11 manned spacecraft will be launched at 7:30 a.m. Monday from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China's Gobi Desert.

China has seven Yuanwang space-tracking ships, which have carried out some 70 expeditions and traveled more than 1.5 million nautical miles. Endi