China launched the Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft on Tuesday to deliver supplies to its space station, which is scheduled to wrap up construction this year. The Long March-7 Y5 rocket carrying Tianzhou-4, blasted off at 1:56 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan, according to the China Manned Space Agency. After around 10 minutes, Tianzhou-4 separated from the rocket and entered its designated orbit. At 2:23 a.m., the solar panels of the cargo craft unfolded and began working. Tianzhou-4 successfully docked with the combined space station core module Tianhe and the Tianzhou-3 cargo craft later on Tuesday.
據(jù)中國(guó)載人航天工程辦公室消息,北京時(shí)間5月10日1時(shí)56分,搭載天舟四號(hào)貨運(yùn)飛船的長(zhǎng)征七號(hào)遙五運(yùn)載火箭,在我國(guó)文昌航天發(fā)射場(chǎng)點(diǎn)火發(fā)射,約10分鐘后,飛船與火箭成功分離,進(jìn)入預(yù)定軌道,2時(shí)23分,飛船太陽(yáng)能帆板順利展開(kāi)工作,發(fā)射取得圓滿成功。在歷經(jīng)數(shù)小時(shí)的飛行后,天舟四號(hào)順利"牽手"空間站天和核心艙與天舟三號(hào)組合體。根據(jù)計(jì)劃,中國(guó)空間站將于今年完成在軌建造,此次天舟四號(hào)的任務(wù)是向空間站運(yùn)輸物資。