The uncrewed craft, named Wentian, was propelled by a Long March 5B rocket at 2.22pm (0622 GMT) from the Wenchang launch centre on China’s tropical island of Hainan. Beijing launched the central module of its space station Tiangong in April 2021.The third and final module is scheduled to dock in October, and Tiangong is expected to become fully operational by the end of the year.
Source: China launches second of three space station modules
