SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – China will launch the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft to the country’s space station at 8:55 PM Beijing time (1255 GMT) on Saturday, the China National Space Administration said, according to state media on Saturday.
Tianzhou-2, or “Heavenly Vessel” in Chinese, is the second of 11 needed to complete China’s first self-developed space station around 2022, and follows the launch of the key module Tianhe in late April.
Tianzhou-2 will be launched via a carrier rocket, state media said.
(Reporting by David Kirton; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
