Chinese space station Wentian experimental module launched

The Long March 5B Yaosan carrier rocket carrying the Wentian experimental module was ignited and launched on time at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in my country. About 495 seconds later, the Wentian experimental module and the rocket were successfully separated and entered the predetermined orbit, and the launch was successful.

It is reported that the Wentian experimental module, as the first experimental module of the Chinese space station, will jointly undertake the important mission of building a national space laboratory together with the Tianhe core module and the Mengtian experimental module. The Wentian experimental cabin is composed of a working cabin, an airlock cabin and a resource cabin. The take-off weight is about 23 tons. It is mainly used to support astronauts’ stay, exit activities and carry out space science experiments. At the same time, it can be used as a backup for the Tianhe core cabin. Manage the space station.