The long March 7 Yao8 carrier rocket arrived safely in Wenchang and is expected to launch Tianzhou 7 next month.

Thank you CTOnews.com netizen Mr. Aviation for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com December 21 news, According to CCTV news report, China manned space engineering office news: The implementation of Tianzhou 7 launch mission Long March 7 remote eight launch vehicle has completed all the development work before leaving the factory, Safe delivery to Wenchang space launch site. After that, it will carry out the final assembly and testing of the launch site together with the Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft that has arrived earlier. Tianzhou 7 is scheduled to launch in early 2024. At present, the test systems in the launch site area are steadily preparing for the mission.

According to the plan, China will launch Tianzhou 7 cargo spacecraft, Shenzhou 18 manned spacecraft, Tianzhou 8 cargo spacecraft and Shenzhou 19 manned spacecraft in 2024.

Among them, Tianzhou 7 and Tianzhou 8 cargo spacecraft will be docked at the rear port of the core cabin, mainly used for the up-going astronaut resident materials, cabin suits and other out-of-cabin consumables, maintenance spare parts and propellants to ensure the safe operation of the platform, various loads and samples for application tasks, and down-orbit wastes.

Tianzhou 7 cargo spacecraft is the seventh flight of Tianzhou series cargo spacecraft, which is expected to be launched in January 2024. Tianzhou 7 cargo ship is the second in a new batch of six ships since Tianzhou 6.

CTOnews.com Note: During the orbital stay of Shenzhou 17 manned spacecraft, Shenzhou 17 astronauts will welcome the visit and docking of Tianzhou 7 cargo spacecraft and Shenzhou 18 manned spacecraft, and plan to return to Dongfeng Six Field around April next year.