Ua hoʻomaka ka ʻaha hui o ka papahana kikowaena kikowaena Tiangong o Kina i ka Pōʻalua me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka mokulele ukana ʻo Tianzhou 4, e like me ka China Manned Space Agency.

Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka robotic spacecraft ma 1:56 am e ka Long March 7 rocket lawe mai Wenchang Space Launch Center ma ka ʻāina ʻo Hainan a ua komo koke i kahi orbit honua haʻahaʻa ma kahi o 400 mau kilomita.Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia me Tiangong ma ka orbit hoʻokahi ma 8:54 am.

ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kahi kokoke i 6 metric tons o propellants a me nā mea, me ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 200 pūʻolo, ʻo Tianzhou 4 ke kuleana e kākoʻo i ka huakaʻi Shenzhou XIV e hiki mai ana, kahi i manaʻo ʻia e noho ʻekolu mau lālā i ʻeono mahina i loko o ke kahua ʻo Tiangong.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Wang Chunhui, he ʻenekinia ma ka Astronaut Center o Kina i komo i ka papahana ʻo Tianzhou 4, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā ukana o ka mea hana i hana ʻia i nā mea e pono ai ka poʻe Shenzhou XIV, ʻoi aku ka meaʻai a me nā lole.

I kēia manawa, aia ʻo Tiangong i ka module Tianhe core, ka Tianzhou 3 a me ka Tianzhou 4. ʻO kona poʻe noho hou loa—ʻekolu mau astronauts o ka mikiona Shenzhou XIII—ua hoʻopau i ka huakaʻi ʻeono mahina a hoʻi i ka Honua i ka waena o ʻApelila.

E hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka mokulele Shenzhou XIV i ka mahina aʻe mai ka Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center ma ke komohana ʻākau o Kina, ʻōlelo ʻo Hao Chun, ke poʻo o ka ʻoihana lewa, i ka mahina i hala.

I Iulai, e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka ʻāpana lab mua o ke kahua ʻo Tiangong, ʻo Wentian (Quest for the Heavens), a e hoʻouna ʻia ka lua o ka lab, ʻo Mengtian (Dreaming of the Heavens), e kuʻi me ke kahua i ʻOkakopa, wahi a Hao.Ma hope o ka pili ʻana iā Tiangong, e hana ke kahua i kahi ʻano T-like.

Ma hope o nā keʻena kikowaena, ʻo ka Tianzhou 5 cargo craft a me ka hui Shenzhou XV e hoʻomaka e hōʻea i ka outpost orbiting nui a puni ka hopena o ka makahiki, wahi a ka luna.

Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Tianzhou 1, ka moku mokulele ukana mua loa o Kina, mai ke kikowaena Wenchang i ʻApelila 2017. Ua hana ʻo ia i kekahi mau hana hoʻoheheʻe ʻana a me ka orbit me ka hale hoʻokolohua Kina ma kahi orbit honua haʻahaʻa ma waena o ʻApelila a me Kepakemapa i kēlā makahiki, e hiki ai iā Kina ke hana. lilo ʻo ia i ke kolu o ka lāhui i hiki ke hoʻopiha piha i ka orbit, ma hope o ka Soviet Union a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

Me ke ola i hoʻolālā ʻia i ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi makahiki, ʻelua ʻāpana o kēlā me kēia moku ukana ʻo Tianzhou - kahi pahu ukana a me kahi ʻāpana propulsion.ʻO nā kaʻa he 10.6 mika ka lōʻihi a me 3.35 mika ka laulā.

He 13.5 tons ke kaumaha o ke kaʻa ukana a hiki ke lawe aku i 6.9 tons o nā lako i ke kahua lewa.