China News Agency, Beijing, May 10 (Ma Shuisha) According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, the Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft successfully completed the status setting after entering orbit. At 8:54 on May 10, Beijing time, the use of The autonomous and fast rendezvous and docking mode successfully docked the space station sky and the rearward port of the core module.
At 1:56 on May 10, the Long March 7 Yao-5 carrier rocket carrying the Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft was ignited and launched at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China. About 10 minutes later, the spacecraft and the rocket successfully separated and entered the predetermined orbit. 2 At 23:00, the solar panels of the spacecraft started to work smoothly, and the launch was a complete success.
The Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft is loaded with consumables, propellants, applied experimental (test) devices and sample materials, spare parts and partial loads for the three astronauts of Shenzhou-14 to stay in orbit for 6 months. Once complete, it will transfer to the combo flight segment.
2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of China's manned spaceflight project, and it is also a decisive year for the construction of the space station.
This mission is the first launch of the 6 launch missions of China's manned space project 3 rocket this year. In the follow-up, 5 space launch missions will be carried out, sending 2 manned spacecraft, 2 space station experimental modules, and 1 cargo spacecraft. Go into space and complete the orbital construction of the Chinese space station.
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