The last stage wreckage of the long March 5B Yao 4 carrier rocket has re-entered the atmosphere.
CTOnews.com, November 4, according to information from the China manned Space Office, after monitoring and analysis, the last stage wreckage of the long March 5B Yao-4 carrier rocket re-entered the atmosphere at around 18:08 on November 4, 2022, falling in the sea area around longitude 101.9 °west and latitude 101.9 °north, and most of the devices were ablated and destroyed during re-entry.
CTOnews.com learned that on October 31, the long March 5B Yao 4 carrier rocket carrying the Mengtian experimental module of the space station was ignited and launched on time at China's Wenchang space launch site. about eight minutes later, the Mengtian experimental module was successfully separated from the rocket and accurately entered the scheduled orbit, and the launch mission was a complete success.
15:37 on October 31, the long March 5B Yao 4 carrier rocket carrying the Mengtian experimental module ignited on time.
04:27 on November 1, the Mengtian experimental module and the space station assembly completed rendezvous and docking in orbit.
09:32 on November 3, the Mengtian experimental module of the space station successfully completed its transposition.
15:12 on November 3, the Shenzhou 14 astronauts successfully entered the Mengtian experimental module.
Subsequently, the crew of the Shenzhou 14 astronauts will successively welcome the visits of the Tianzhou V cargo spacecraft and the Shenzhou 15 manned spacecraft inside the space station. at that time, the two crew groups of Shenzhou 14 and 15 will complete the first astronaut crew rotation in orbit in China's space history.