“中星十一号”卫星2日凌晨从西昌卫星发射中心成功发射升空，该中心党委书记孙保卫接受记者采访时表示，西昌卫星发射中心未来年航天发射能力，将从目前的9-10发提高到15发以上，以满足中国航天事业快速发展对高密度航天发射任务的需求。
A Long March-3B carrier rocket is launched in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 2, 2013. China successfully sent a communications satellite, "Zhongxing-11", into orbit with a Long March-3B carrier rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on Thursday.
Xichang (CNS) -- The Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province will have the capability to launch more than 15 satellites every year, the center said on Thursday.
Party Secretary Sun Baowei said that the center is focusing more on infrastructure improvement to keep up with the development of the country's space industry.
The establishment of a test center has already been started and will be completed next year, Sun said. The No. 3 tower will also be upgraded in 2014 to launch more types of rockets.
The center plans to launch more than 50 satellites and space vehicles, including Beidou and Chang'e, in the next eight to ten years, he added.
The center launched the communications satellite "Zhongxing-11" at about midnight Thursday (Beijing time).
“中星十一号”卫星2日凌晨从西昌卫星发射中心成功发射升空，该中心党委书记孙保卫接受记者采访时表示，西昌卫星发射中心未来年航天发射能力，将从目前的9-10发提高到15发以上，以满足中国航天事业快速发展对高密度航天发射任务的需求。
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