Isigaba sokuhlanganiswa kohlelo lwesiteshi sasemkhathini saseTiangong eShayina siqale ngoLwesibili ngokwethulwa kwesikhala semikhumbi-mkhathi iTianzhou 4, ngokusho kwe-China Manned Space Agency.

I-spacecraft eyirobhothi yaphonswa ngo-1:56 ekuseni yirokhethi yokuthwala iLong March 7 evela eWenchang Space Launch Center esifundazweni saseHainan futhi ngokushesha yangena emjikelezweni ophansi woMhlaba ongamakhilomitha angaba ngu-400. Yafika neTiangong emjikelezweni ofanayo ngo-8:54 ekuseni.

Iphethe cishe amathani ayi-6 e-propellant nezinto zokwakha, okuhlanganisa namaphakheji angaphezu kwama-200, i-Tianzhou 4 inomsebenzi wokusekela umsebenzi we-Shenzhou XIV ozayo, lapho kulindeleke ukuthi iqembu lamalungu amathathu lihlale izinyanga eziyisithupha esiteshini saseTiangong.

UWang Chunhui, unjiniyela e-Astronaut Center of China owahlanganyela ohlelweni lwe-Tianzhou 4, uthe iningi lempahla yemikhumbi yakhiwe yizinto ezidingekayo zokuphila zeqembu le-Shenzhou XIV, ikakhulukazi ukudla nezingubo.

Njengamanje, iTiangong ine-module eyinhloko yeTianhe, iTianzhou 3 kanye neTianzhou 4. Abantu bayo bamuva nje - abagibeli bezinkanyezi abathathu bomkhankaso weShenzhou XIII - baqede uhambo lwezinyanga eziyisithupha babuyela eMhlabeni maphakathi no-Ephreli.

Umkhumbi-mkhathi iShenzhou XIV uzothulwa ngenyanga ezayo usuka eJiuquan Satellite Launch Center enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeChina, kusho uHao Chun, inhloko yenhlangano yezemkhathini, ngenyanga edlule.

NgoJulayi, ingxenye yokuqala yelebhu yesiteshi saseTiangong, iWentian (Quest for the Heavens), izokwethulwa, kanti eyesibili, iMengtian (Dreaming of the Heavens), izothunyelwa echwebeni lesiteshi ngo-Okthoba, kusho uHao. Ngemva kokuba sezixhunywe neTiangong, isiteshi sizokwakha isakhiwo esinomfanekiso ka-T.

Ngemva kwezindawo zokucwaninga zasemkhathini, imikhumbi yezimpahla iTianzhou 5 kanye neqembu leShenzhou XV kulindeleke ukuthi lifike endaweni enkulu ezungezayo ngasekupheleni konyaka, kusho isikhulu.

I-Tianzhou 1, indizamkhathi yokuqala yezimpahla yaseShayina, yethulwa isuka esikhungweni saseWenchang ngo-Ephreli 2017. Yenza imisebenzi eminingana yokumisa nokufaka uphethiloli ngaphakathi kwe-orbit ngelebhu yaseShayina endaweni engaphansi komhlaba phakathi kuka-Ephreli noSepthemba ngalowo nyaka, okwenza iShayina yaba yisizwe sesithathu esikwazi ukufaka uphethiloli ngaphakathi kwe-orbit, ngemuva kweSoviet Union yangaphambili kanye ne-United States.

Njengoba imikhumbi-mkhathi ngayinye yezimpahla yaseTianzhou iphila isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka, inezingxenye ezimbili - ikhabhini yezimpahla kanye nengxenye yokunyakaza. Izimoto zingamamitha ayi-10.6 ubude kanye namamitha angu-3.35 ububanzi.

Imoto yezimpahla inesisindo sokuphakamisa esingamathani angu-13.5 futhi ingathutha impahla efika kumathani angu-6.9 esiteshini sasemkhathini.