China begins assembly of a national orbital station
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China begins assembling a new orbital station, the first manned spacecraft with three Chinese astronauts went into orbit. The launch was broadcast live by China Central Television.
The Changzheng 2F launch vehicle launched from the Jiuquan Cosmodrome in the Gansu province of northwestern China and launched the Shenzhou 12 manned spacecraft into orbit with three astronauts on board. The launch was made at 9.22 local time (4.22 Moscow time). As stated in the message of the flight program, the ship undocked safely and headed to the base module of the future orbital station of the PRC.
The ship's crew consists of three people, whose task will be to assemble the station and connect equipment delivered by cargo ships. The first cargo ship already docked to the base module of the station at the end of May, it delivered almost 6 tons of cargo. On board the truck are 1,95 tons of fuel and 4,69 tons of other cargo needed to stay at the station for three people for three months.
The Chinese orbital station will be smaller than the ISS and will consist of only three modules - one base Tianhe and two laboratory modules. In total, as part of the creation of the station, China plans to make 2021 space launches in the period 2022-11. Two of them have already been completed: the base module of the station was launched into space first in April this year, and a cargo ship was sent second at the end of May.
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