China's Space Program News Thread
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The old Soyuz took 2 days or more to dock with the space station.
More modern variants have shortened that time to 6 hours or less:
That was likely governed by the orbit of the docking target, not the vintage of the design. There seems to be no real advantage to docking sooner If taking time saves fuel and increased payload.
When is the first crewed mission of the next generation Chinese manned spacecraft? And would it be a ferrying mission to the Tiamgong?
Probably, after all the LEO configuration with LM-7 need to be tested. But it'll probably happen after 2022.
据中国载人航天工程办公室消息，天舟二号货运飞船入轨后顺利完成入轨状态设置，于5月30日5时01分，采用自主快速交会对接模式精准对接于天和核心舱后向端口，整个过程历时约8小时。
Sourced CNSA Manned Space Project Team:
About 8 hours after its launching, Tianzhou-2 successfully docked to the Tiangong Space Station by the rear docking port at 05:01, May 30.
Tianzhou-2 delivered 6.8 tons of supplies for TSS on this trip.
Sourced CNSA Manned Space Project Team:
About 8 hours after its launching, Tianzhou-2 successfully docked to the Tiangong Space Station by the rear docking port at 05:01, May 30.
Tianzhou-2 delivered 6.8 tons of supplies for TSS on this trip.
The Shenzhou-12 will be launched by June and Shenzhou-13 by October, Shenzhou-14 by May 2022, all by CZ-2F.
Then Shenzhou-15 will be launched by November 2022 via CZ-7. It may be a new designed one.
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