China will select a plane for Shenzhou VI manned space flight from 12th to 15th

Lead: Xinhua Beijing, Oct 11 - the head of China's manned space engineering headquarters announced here on Oct 11 that China will select a plane to carry out the Shenzhou 6 manned space flight from Oct 12 to 15 The person in charge said that the Shenzhou-6 spacecraft will take two astronauts to carry out multi day missions According to the plan, the spacecraft will be launched from China Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, and will run in an elliptical orbit with an orbit inclination of 42.4 degrees, a perigee height of 200 kilometers and a apogee height of 347 kilometers After the implementation of the orbit change, it will enter a circular orbit of 343 kilometers After completing the scheduled mission, the spacecraft will return to the main landing site in central Inner Mongolia After strict training, selection and assessment, the crew echelon of the astronauts who are responsible for the mission has been formed, and the comprehensive drill has been completed At present, the preparations before launch are progressing smoothly.