China launches Tianzhou-10 cargo craft

已複製連結

China launched the cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-10 on Monday morning to deliver supplies for its orbiting Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency. 

The Long March-7 Y11 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-10, blasted off at 08:14 Beijing Time from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan.

The cargo craft will later conduct a rendezvous and docking with the space station combination. 

The mission is the fifth cargo resupply flight of China's manned space program since the space station entered the application and development phase. It is also the 641th mission of the Long March rocket series.

Tianzhou-10 is set to remain in-orbit for 12 months, longer than previous missions which stayed nine to 10 months at the space station.