China successfully launches Tiangong2 space lab from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

756 views · Published 15 September 2016 · 1:11 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: People's Daily, China 人民日报 · 2016 · News & Politics

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China on Thursday launched space lab Tiangong-2 into space, paving the way for a permanent space station China plans to build around 2022.
In a cloud of brown smoke, Tiangong-2 roared into the air underneath a mid-autumn full moon from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the back of a Long March-2F rocket, trailing a vast volume of flame.

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