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China’s
Information Office of the State Council published a white paper
titled, “China’s Space Activities” providing a rare glimpse
into the Chinese Space Program. It is the first such document that
has been published in China since the country began its space
program in 1956. The white paper announced that the National Space
Administration is to be China's governmental agency responsible for
the management of satellites for civilian use and inter-governmental
space co-operation.
The
paper reaffirms the importance that China places on its space
program, both as a prestige booster as well as to help it catch up
with international technology. The paper boasts about China's Long
March family of rockets, highlighting the 27 foreign-made satellites
that it has carried into space since the program began in 1985. It
states that China plans to grab a larger slice of the competitive
global market for commercial launches by developing a new series of
cheaper and more powerful rockets by 2010.
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