远望5号船。摄影：王璐瑶
南京3月23日电 -- 3月22日上午，我国自主设计研制的第三代航天远洋测量船远望5号驶离中国卫星海上测控部码头，赴太平洋等多个海域执行测控任务。
NANJING, March 23 -- China's homegrown third-generation space-craft tracking ship Yuanwang-5 set sail for the Pacific Ocean and other sea areas for maritime tracking and measuring missions on the morning of March 22.
远望5号船是我国自主设计研制的第三代航天远洋测量船，是我国海上测控网中的绝对主力。投入运行迄今已安全航行57万余海里，圆满完成了以神舟、嫦娥、北斗、天问为代表的80余次海上测控任务，任务成功率达到百分之百。
Yuanwang-5 is China's homegrown third-generation space-craft tracking ship and a backbone in China's maritime tracking and measuring network.Yuanwang-5 has by far sailed safely over 570,000 nautical miles and completed more than 80 tasks at sea, including tracking the Shenzhou spacecraft, the Chang'e lunar probes, BeiDou satellites and Mars probe Tianwen with a 100 percent success rate.
在过去的2021年，该船累计出航256天，创造了远望号船队执行任务次数、累计航海里程、单船平均出海天数的历史新高度。
The ship had spent 256 days accumulatively at sea last year, setting a historical high among the Yuanwang vessels in terms of the number of missions performed, the accumulated mileage, and the average number of days at sea per ship.
据了解，此次远望5号船出航前刚刚圆满结束了为期50余天的船舶中修技术改造升级，通过技术升级改造，在航行动力、航行安全性能上有了大幅提升，特种设备的可靠性和操作性变得更强。
Before sailing, Yuanwang-5 had undergone more than 50 days of maintenance to improve the power system and facilities, and the reliability and operability of its special equipment had also been advanced.
目前，圆满完成多次海上测控任务的远望7号船已顺利返还母港；远望6号船已开启远望号船队的虎年首航，奔赴预定海域执行任务。
At present, Yuanwang-7, which has completed several maritime tracking and measuring missions, has returned to its homeport; Yuanwang-6 has embarked on the maiden voyage of the Yuanwang vessels in 2022, en route to the mission sea area.
