China's Space Program News Thread

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Pre-launch vids

[video=youtube;Iep5JEBF378]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iep5JEBF378#t=0s[/video]

[video=youtube;zUL3besPGkg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUL3besPGkg#t=0s[/video]
 
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[video=youtube;r1OkedXsWsQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1OkedXsWsQ#t=0s[/video]

[video=youtube;2hTZMxzUGcE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hTZMxzUGcE#t=0s[/video]
 
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In the last mission, there was one manual docking and at least 2 or more automatic dockings under different conditions, one of them to test docking sensors in the glare of the sun. I think the unmanned Shenzhou 8 also did perform 2 or more automatic dockings.
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2 automatic docking for SZ-8
1 automatic and 1 manual docking for SZ-9

Docking with the ISS is different in that it is always done with the help of a robotic arm which pull in the spacecraft for the last few metres. I suppose the Chinese space station may also adopt this method once it's installed with a robotic arm possibly to simplify docking maneouvre.
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I don't think russian Soyuz capsule use ISS Canadarm 2 for docking
 
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escobar said:
2 automatic docking for SZ-8
1 automatic and 1 manual docking for SZ-9



I don't think russian Soyuz capsule use ISS Canadarm 2 for docking
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I must have mixed up some things, like the testing of docking sensors during SZ-8 mission and during SZ-9. Also, to be sure I can only recall the Dragon and the Japanese cargo spacecraft used the robotic arm.
 
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