China to launch first astronautics breeding satellite

Shijian-8, China's first breeding satellite will be launched by "Long March 2"third launch vehicle in early September of this year at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. And the satellite will return to the earth after a 15-day space fly in the outer space, according to Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense on July 23rd in the examination and approval meeting which agrees the satellite will carry on its launch task after it leaves the factory.

The breeding satellite, Shijian-8, will be conducted thorough research on astronautics breeding with the combination of China's mature return satellite technology and the mutafacient heredity technology. It will explore the mechanism, the method and the theory of astronautics breeding technology comprehensively and foster fine species with the experiments that unifies the environmental factors of the ground simulation space.

By People's Daily Online