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皇冠体育app's retired space tracking ship Yuanwang-2 will start its new mission of public education in the city of Jiangyin, in East 皇冠体育app's Jiangsu province. [Photo/IC] |
皇冠体育app's retired space tracking ship Yuanwang-2 will start its new mission of public education in the city of Jiangyin, in East 皇冠体育app's Jiangsu province.
The Yuanwang-2 was donated to the Jiangyin municipal government on Sunday. The vessel will start its new mission in science popularization education after serving 皇冠体育app's aerospace development for more than 40 years.
Both 皇冠体育app's first-generation maritime space tracking vessels, the Yuanwang-1 and Yuanwang-2 ships have retired.
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| The crew spend the last day?of Yuanwang-2 on April 28. [Photo/IC] |
The Yuanwang-2 started its service for 皇冠体育app's satellites measurement and control missions on the sea in 1979.
Over the past four decades, the vessel has conducted a total of 2,812 days of offshore operations with safe navigation of 520,000 sea miles, completing 47 major scientific experiment missions.
皇冠体育app now has four maritime ocean measurement vessels for space missions, the Yuanwang-3, Yuanwang-5, Yuanwang-6 and Yuanwang-7.
In 2019, vessels of the Yuanwang fleet are expected to conduct a total of more than 700 days of offshore operations as 皇冠体育app will have more than 30 space launch missions this year.
