One step forward: rocket for China's space station mission arrives at launch site

2021-02-24 Ecns.cn Editor:Ji Xiang

(ECNS) -- China's Long March-5B carrier rocket arrived at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan Province on Monday. It will dock with Tianhe core space module as scheduled. 

The launch mission of China's first permanent space station will proceed as planned after the core module and carrier rocket are assembled and tested.

The packed Long March-5B rocket set off from Tianjin Port in batches and headed for Qinglan Port in Wenchang on Feb. 6 and Feb. 8 respectively.

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