Isigaba sendibano yenkqubo yesikhululo saseTshayina saseTiangong saqala ngoLwesibini ngokuphehlelelwa kwesiphekepheke sempahla ye-Tianzhou 4, ngokwe-China Manned Space Agency.

Isiphekepheke serobhothi saphehlelelwa ngo-1:56 am ngeLong March 7 rocket carrier evela kwi-Wenchang Space Launch Centre kwiphondo laseHainan kwaye kungekudala sangena kwi-low-Earth orbit emalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-400.Yama ngeTiangong kwindlela enye nge-8:54 am.

Iphethe phantse iitoni ezi-6 zeemetric ze-propellants kunye nemathiriyeli, kubandakanywa iipakethe ezingaphezulu kwama-200, i-Tianzhou 4 inikwe umsebenzi wokuxhasa uthumo oluzayo lwe-Shenzhou XIV, apho kulindeleke ukuba iqela lamalungu amathathu lihlale iinyanga ezintandathu ngaphakathi kwisikhululo saseTiangong.

UWang Chunhui oyinjineli kwiziko leAstronaut yaseChina nothe wathatha inxaxheba kwinkqubo yeTianzhou 4, uthe uninzi lomthwalo wale nqanawa wenziwe zizinto eziyimfuneko kubasebenzi baseShenzhou XIV, ingakumbi ukutya nempahla.

Okwangoku, iTiangong iqulethe imodyuli ye-Tianhe engundoqo, i-Tianzhou 3 kunye ne-Tianzhou 4. Abemi bayo bamva nje- oosomajukujuku abathathu be-Shenzhou XIII mission-bagqibe uhambo lweenyanga ezintandathu kwaye babuyela eMhlabeni phakathi ku-Epreli.

I-spacecraft ye-Shenzhou XIV iya kusungulwa kwinyanga ezayo ukusuka kwi-Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre kumantla-ntshona e-China, u-Hao Chun, oyintloko ye-arhente yendawo, uthe kwinyanga ephelileyo.

NgoJulayi, icandelo lokuqala lebhu yesikhululo saseTiangong, i-Wentian (Ukufuna Amazulu), iya kuqaliswa, kunye nelebhu yesibini, uMengtian (Ukuphupha Kwezulu), iya kuthunyelwa kwisikhululo sika-Oktobha, uHao uthe.Emva kokuba zidibaniswe neTiangong, isikhululo siya kwenza isakhiwo esine-T.

Emva kweelebhu zasemkhathini, inqwelo yempahla yaseTianzhou 5 kunye nabasebenzi baseShenzhou XV bacwangciselwe ukufika kwindawo enkulu ejikelezayo ekupheleni konyaka, latsho igosa.

I-Tianzhou 1, isiphekepheke sokuqala somthwalo eTshayina, saphehlelelwa kwiziko i-Wenchang ngo-Epreli ka-2017. Senze iindlela ezininzi zokumisa i-docking kunye ne-orbit yokufaka i-refueling kunye nelebhu yase-China kwi-low-Earth orbit phakathi kuka-Epreli noSeptemba ngaloo nyaka, nto leyo eyavumela i-China ukuba ikwazi. ibe lilizwe lesithathu elikwaziyo ukujikeleza i-refueling, emva kweyasakuba yiSoviet Union kunye ne-United States.

Ngobomi obuyilwe obungaphezulu konyaka, isiphekepheke sempahla ngasinye saseTianzhou sineenxalenye ezimbini-ikhabhathi yempahla kunye necandelo lokuqhubela phambili.Izithuthi ziziimitha ezili-10.6 ubude kunye neemitha ezi-3.35 ububanzi.

Isithuthi somthwalo sinobunzima obuziitoni eziyi-13.5 kwaye inokuthutha ukuya kutsho kwiitoni ezi-6.9 zempahla ukuya kwisikhululo sasemajukujukwini.