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Second space lab set for launch
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CHINA’S second space laboratory Tiangong-2 is scheduled to be put into space from next Thursday to September 20, according to the office of China’s manned space program.
The space lab was transferred with its carrier rocket to the launch pad yesterday at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert of northwest China’s Gansu Province, a statement from the office said.
It took a total of 90 minutes to complete the transfer the space lab from the assembling center to the launch pad.
“The completion of the transfer signals that the space lab Tiangong-2 mission has entered its launching stage,” the statement said.
Technicians completed testing on the assembling of the lab and the rocket after they had been separately delivered to the launch center in July.
In the next few days, the launch center will continue testing the rocket and inject propellent before the launch.
Tiangong-2, which can enable two astronauts to live in space for 30 days, is capable of receiving manned and cargo spaceships and will be used for testing systems and processes for mid-term space stays and refueling.
It will also be involved in experiments on aerospace medicine, space sciences, on-orbit maintenance and space station technologies.
China’s first space lab Tiangong-1, which was launched in September 2011, ended its data service earlier this year. It had docked with Shenzhou-8, Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10 spacecraft and undertaken a series of experiments.
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