31 October 2022, 07:37 UTC
Mengtian
Mengtian, the final major module of China's Tiangong space station, launched from Wenchang and docked with the complex about 13 hours later, completing the station's T-shaped configuration with eight science-experiment racks aboard.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 23 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 4 Long March 5B flights
- Date and time
- 31 October 2022, 07:37 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 5B
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- 101, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 2022-143
- Launches in 2022
- 148th of 186
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