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Swakopmund tracking station is a Chinese space tracking station in Swakopmund Namibia South-West Africa which is used for the Chinese manned space programme. The full name of the station according to the Namibian Ministry of Education is China Telemetry Tracking and Command Station. The station which opened in 2001 tracks the re-entry of Chinese manned space vehicles.The station was built as a result of an agreement signed in October 2000 between the Namibian and Chinese governments.