Tianzhou-6 Cargo Spacecraft Long March 7 Rocket Launch | China Space Station

Tianzhou-6 Cargo Spacecraft Long March 7 Rocket Launch | China Space Station

The Long March-7 Y7 carrier rocket, carrying the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft, successfully blasted off from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's island province of Hainan at 21:22 (Beijing Time) on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

The Tianzhou-6 cargo ship contains a 22.5-cubic-meter cargo compartment, which has 50 lockers to place daily necessities for the taikonauts and equipment needed for in-orbit experiments.

The Tianzhou-6 cargo craft is the first spacecraft visiting the Shenzhou-15 crew in orbit on the China Space Station. It was sent by a Long March-7 carrier rocket, China's new-generation medium liquid-propellant carrier rocket with high reliability and safety.

With a total length of 53.1 meters and a diameter of 3.35 meters, the rocket is bundled with four boosters, and has a takeoff weight of nearly 600 tonnes and a payload capacity of about 14 tonnes to low-Earth orbit.

The Tianzhou-6 mission is the 7th launch for the Long March-7 rocket.

Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Duration: 1 minute, 33 seconds

Release Date: May 10, 2023

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