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China's rocket-carrying ships depart for transportation mission
by Staff Writers
Nanjing (XNA) Oct 14, 2019

Long March-5 carrier rocket is loaded onto the Yuan Wang-22 cargo ship at North China's Tianjin Port, on August 25, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

China's two rocket-carrying ships departed Saturday from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province on a transportation mission.

The two Yuanwang ships are China's first ships made exclusively to carry rockets. With a length of 130 meters, a width of 19 meters and a height of 37 meters, the ships have a displacement of 9,000 tonnes.

Each ship is equipped with two 120-tonne cranes that can hoist large rockets. The ship is also installed with a marine environment protection system and anti-vibration equipment.

The two ships have conducted missions including the maritime transport of the Long March-7 and the Long March-5 carrier rockets. Each ship has sailed more than 40,000 nautical miles and has successfully completed more than 10 maritime transport missions.

Source: Xinhua News


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