The Long March 7 Rockets was successfully launched on Saturday with the Tianzhou 5 freight ship.According to the China Manned Aerospace Engineering Office, Tianzhou 5 successfully completed the status setting after the tracks. At 12:10 on November 12th, it adopted an autonomous and fast meeting docking mode.For the first time, astronauts welcomed the freight ship at the space station.
After the meeting is completed, Tianzhou 5 will be transferred to the group flight section.
CCTV News reported that the first two -hour self -rapid meeting and docking were achieved in the mission for the first time, setting a world record.This is of great significance for improving the level of connection between China's space meeting and improving the energy supply capacity of the space station task.
According to the PLA report, Zhong Wen'an, chief engineer of Xichang Satellite Launch Center, said that with the basic configuration assembly of the T -shaped Twita of the space station, the launch site will launch "Tianzhou" every six months, andTianzhou's "express" mission will be normalized.
It is reported that all the Tianzhou freight ships in China have ignited from the launching field of Wenchang Aerospace. So far, five Tianzhou freight ships have been successfully launched.
Among them, Tianzhou -1 and Tiangong No. 2 are connected to break through key technologies such as controlling cargo transportation and pushing agents in rail replenishment.Go to a lot of work and life materials.
The report also said that in recent years, the annual launch capacity of Wenchang Aerospace launches has increased from 3-4 rounds of annual incidence to 6-8 rounds.The rocket test launch cycle has formed a new generation of high -density launch capacity of large thrust carrier -cards, which achieves a leap from 5.5 tons to 14 tons from 10 tons to 25 tons to 25 tons, Earth synchronous orbital carrier capacity from 10 to 25 tons.
