China is preparing over 20 space missions this year, including a manned one and the maiden flights of two rockets, a media report said on Friday.



China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp said it plans to launch the Tiangong 2 space laboratory and the Shenzhou XI manned spacecraft and to test fly the Long March 5 and Long March 7 rockets, the China Daily reported.

China will also launch two satellites for the domestically developed Beidou Navigation Satellite System and the Gaofen 3 for the Gaofen High-Resolution Earth Observation System.