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Shenzhou-9 and its rocket, the Long March-2F, have been moved to the launch platform of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
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The Long March vehicle lifted clear from the Jiuquan spaceport in the Gobi Desert at 21:16 local time (13:16 GMT).
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The nearest city is Jiuquan, some 200km (125 miles) to the south-west.
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State media say the lift-off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert is likely to occur between 21:16 and 21:31 local time (13:16-13:31 GMT).
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Foreigners who visited Jiuquan on August 1st to view a total solar eclipse from a site nearby had to register with the police to use the road.
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On launch day, the live studio programme went on for about five hours, with studio guests and reporters on the scene at the Jiuquan spaceport on the edge of the Gobi desert.
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What is not clear, as Mr Clark observes, is whether this figure refers to the whole programme including the new launch pad and assembly building at Jiuquan or simply to the cost of the spacecraft and the launch vehicle.
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As a matter of fact, they already launched that aircraft carrier we bought them, along with a Tiangong-1 rocket that lifted the first module of a planned Chinese space station to orbit from a launch site in the Jiuquan, Gansu province.
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