China successfully launches Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft to dock with space station module
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China successfully launched an automated cargo spacecraft carrying supplies, equipment and propellant for the country's new space station Tianhe.
Beijing: China on Saturday (May 29) successfully launched an automated cargo spacecraft carrying supplies, equipment and propellant for the country's new space station Tianhe. The Long March-7 Y3 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-2, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan, the China Manned Space Agency, (CMSA) announced. Spacecraft Tianzhou-2 is scheduled to dock with core the module of the space station Tianhe to deliver supplies, equipment and propellant. It was launched after over a week's delay due to "technical reasons".More Related News