In-orbit refueling maneuver 393km above Earth
Source: Xinhua |
00:01 UTC+8 June 16, 2017
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CHINA’S Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft and the Tiangong-2 space lab completed their second in-orbit refueling at 6:28pm yesterday.
The maneuver, lasting about two days, further tested the country’s refueling technology and cemented technical results from the first refueling.
Tianzhou-1, China’s first cargo spacecraft, was launched on April 20 and it completed automated docking with the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab on April 22.
The two spacecraft completed their first in-orbit refueling on April 27, at an orbit of 393 kilometers above the Earth.
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