The space station in China has successfully carried out the transposition of the space experimental module, which has been changed from one-shaped to L-shaped.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen wit clue delivery! CTOnews.com September 30 news, According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office news, Beijing time on September 30,2022 at 12:44, After about an hour of coordination between heaven and earth, Ask the sky experiment module completed the rotation.

During the transposition, the sky experiment module first completes the relevant state setting, then separates from the sky and core module, and then completes the transposition by plane transposition, and reconnects with the lateral port of the node module.

This is the first time that China has used the indexing mechanism to implement the large volume segment indexing operation in orbit. After the completion of the transposition of the sky experiment module, the space station assembly was transformed from a two-module "one" configuration to a two-module "L" configuration. Subsequently, the space station assembly will fly in orbit in the "L" configuration, waiting for the launch of the Dreamsky experimental module, rendezvous and docking, and will also be transposed to form the space station three-module "T" configuration assembly.

CTOnews.com learned that "Wentian" is the heaviest single-cabin active aircraft in orbit in the world, with a launch mass of about 23 tons, a dry weight of 21.5 tons and a propellant of 1.5 tons. It successfully docked with the forward port of Tianhe core module in July this year. The Sky Experiment Module is mainly used to support astronauts 'residence, extravehicular activities and space science experiments. It can also be used as a backup for the Sky and Core Module to manage the space station.

The Mengtian experimental module will be launched in October. After the launch of Mengtian Experimental Module, it will finally form a T-shaped configuration with Tianhe Core Module and Wentian Experimental Module III, which also marks the completion of the National Space Laboratory.