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China launches spacecraft


BEIJING, JAN. 10. China today inched closer to its ambition of putting astronauts on space by launching its second unmanned and indigenously- designed spacecraft `Shenzhou II,' the State media reported.

``The successful launch at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu province was the second in a series of flights expected to lead to a first manned space flight,'' the Xinhua news agency reported.

- PTI

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