China will launch a combined rocket for first time, and three rockets will jointly build a space station

According to the news, China will carry out the construction of the space station, and for the first time use the rocket combination launch method to carry out the construction task.

China will first launch the core module of the space station with the Long March 5 B carrier, then use the Long March 7 carrier to launch the cargo spacecraft, and use the Long March 2 F carrier to carry astronauts into the space station.

These three types of rockets will be launched at three stations at two launch sites and are expected to launch the core module of the space station this spring. A few days ago, the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation officially held an expedition ceremony for the space station mission test team.

China plans to launch the core module of the space station in the first half of 2021, and then launch the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft and the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft one after another.

In the next two years, it plans to pass 11 intensive missions to build China’s independently constructed and operated Tiangong space station. The 11 launch missions include 3 space station section launches, 4 cargo spacecraft, and 4 manned spacecraft launches.

China is expected to complete the orbit construction of the space station in 2022, achieving the third development strategy of China’s manned space project in three steps. The goal of the task.

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