China is planning to launch its Tiangong-1 space module that will help pave the way for a planned Chinese space station.
The Tiangong-1, also known as Heavenly Palace 1, will blast off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu province between September 27 and 30 2011.
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The 8.5t module, and the Long March II-F rocket that will carry it skyward, have been positioned on the launch pad.
Tiangong-1 will serve as a target spacecraft for rendezvous and docking experiments and it will also work as a platform to test long-term unmanned and short-term manned operations.
China is also planning to launch an unmanned Shenzhou-VIII craft in 2012 to dock with Tiangong-1.
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