Isigaba sokuhlanganiswa kohlelo lwesiteshi sasemkhathini sase-China i-Tiangong siqale ngoLwesibili ngokwethulwa komkhumbi-mkhathi wezimpahla i-Tianzhou 4, ngokusho kwe-China Manned Space Agency.

Umkhumbi-mkhathi oyirobhothi wethulwa ngo-1:56 ekuseni ngerokhethi ethwala i-Long March 7 usuka e-Wenchang Space Launch Center esifundazweni sase-Hainan futhi ngokushesha wangena emzileni ophansi we-Earth ongamakhilomitha angaba ngu-400.Ima ne-Tiangong emzileni ofanayo ngo-8:54 am.

Iphethe cishe amathani ayisi-6 metric wama-propellants nezinto ezibonakalayo, okuhlanganisa namaphakheji angaphezu kuka-200, i-Tianzhou 4 inikezwe umsebenzi wokweseka umkhankaso ozayo we-Shenzhou XIV, lapho ithimba lamalungu amathathu kulindeleke ukuthi lihlale izinyanga eziyisithupha esiteshini sase-Tiangong.

UWang Chunhui ongumanjinela eAstronaut Centre kweleChina owaphatheka kuhlelo lweTianzhou 4 uthe impahla enengi etholakala kulesi sikepe igoqela izinto abazidingayo izisebenzi zeShenzhou XIV ikakhulu ukudla lempahla.

Njengamanje, i-Tiangong iqukethe imojula ye-Tianhe core, i-Tianzhou 3 kanye ne-Tianzhou 4. Abahlali bayo bakamuva—osomkhathi abathathu bemishini ye-Shenzhou XIII—baqede uhambo lwezinyanga eziyisithupha futhi babuyela eMhlabeni maphakathi no-April.

Umkhumbi-mkhathi i-Shenzhou XIV uzokwethulwa ngenyanga ezayo usuka e-Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeChina, kusho uHao Chun, isikhulu sesikhungo sasemkhathini ngenyanga edlule.

NgoJulayi, kuzokwethulwa ingxenye yelebhu yokuqala yesiteshi saseTiangong, i-Wentian (Ukufuna Amazulu), kanti ilebhu yesibili, uMengtian (Ukuphupha Kwamazulu), izothunyelwa esiteshini ngo-Okthoba, kusho uHao.Ngemuva kokuthi zixhunywe ne-Tiangong, isiteshi sizokwakha isakhiwo esimise okwe-T.

Ngemuva kwamalebhu asemkhathini, umkhumbi wezimpahla i-Tianzhou 5 kanye nabasebenzi baseShenzhou XV bahlelelwe ukufika endaweni enkulu ezungezayo ngasekupheleni konyaka, kusho lesi sikhulu.

I-Tianzhou 1, umkhumbi-mkhathi wokuqala waseShayina othwala impahla, wethulwa esikhungweni i-Wenchang ngo-April 2017. Wenze iziqondiso eziningana zokufaka uphethiloli kanye nelebhu yasemkhathini yaseShayina emzileni ophansi woMhlaba phakathi kuka-April no-September ngalowo nyaka, okwavumela iChina ukuba ikwazi. sibe yisizwe sesithathu esikwazi ukufaka uphethiloli ku-obit, silandela izwe elaliyiSoviet Union kanye ne-United States.

Ngempilo eklanyelwe isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka, umkhumbi-mkhathi wezimpahla wase-Tianzhou ngamunye unezingxenye ezimbili—ikhabethe lempahla kanye nengxenye yokushayela.Izimoto zingamamitha angu-10.6 ubude namamitha angu-3.35 ububanzi.

Imoto ethwala impahla inesisindo esingamathani angu-13.5 futhi ingathwala izinto ezifika kumathani angu-6.9 ukuya esiteshini sasemkhathini.