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Live: Watch the launch of Shenzhou-13 with us

It'll be China's second space launch with astronauts on board this year. The spacecraft will aim to take off at 00:23 Beijing Time on October 16, with Chinese astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu onboard, who are tasked for a 6-month space trip. The Shenzhou 13 mission comes four months after its predecessor Shenzhou 12 lifted off. Now engineers and technicians are doing final checks on the spacecraft and related facilities at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert. Join CGTN reporter Liu Jiaxin for a livestream on the launch. 

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Live: Watch the launch of Shenzhou-13 with us

It'll be China's second space launch with astronauts on board this year. The spacecraft will aim to take off at 00:23 Beijing Time on October 16, with Chinese astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu onboard, who are tasked for a 6-month space trip. The Shenzhou 13 mission comes four months after its predecessor Shenzhou 12 lifted off. Now engineers and technicians are doing final checks on the spacecraft and related facilities at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert. Join CGTN reporter Liu Jiaxin for a livestream on the launch.