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Tiangong-1 to be launched on Sept. 29

Xinhua, September 28, 2011

• China's first space lab module Tiangong-1 is scheduled to be launched between 9:16 p.m. and 9:31 p.m. Thursday, a spokesman for China's manned space flight project said on Wednesday.

  The unmanned module will conduct docking experiments after entering orbit.

  The Tiangong-1 was originally scheduled to be launched into low Earth orbit between Sept. 27 and 30. The launch was then rescheduled for Sept. 29 or 30 due to weather conditions.

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