The Shenzhou 12 probe at the base ahead of its launch last year. Photo: AFP
The Shenzhou 12 probe at the base ahead of its launch last year. Photo: AFP

Chinese space centre finds jamming device weeks before launch of latest space station mission in first reported incident of its kind

  • Staff at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Inner Mongolia found the item in a car ahead of the launch of the Shenzhou 14 mission
  • It was not clear if there had been a deliberate attempt at sabotage or not

The Shenzhou 12 probe at the base ahead of its launch last year. Photo: AFP
The Shenzhou 12 probe at the base ahead of its launch last year. Photo: AFP

Corrected [2:09pm, 3 Jun, 2022]

  • [2:09pm, 3 Jun, 2022]

    This article initially stated the launch centre was in Gansu rather than Inner Mongolia.

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