Isigaba sokuhlanganiswa kwenkqubo yesikhululo sasemajukujukwini saseTiangong eTshayina siqale ngoLwesibini ngokuqaliswa kwesiphekepheke sempahla iTianzhou 4, ngokutsho kwe-China Manned Space Agency.

I-robotic spacecraft yathunyelwa ngentsimbi ye-1:56 kusasa yi-Long March 7 carrier rocket evela kwiWenchang Space Launch Center kwiphondo laseHainan yaza kungekudala yangena kwi-low-Earth orbit emalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-400. Yafika neTiangong kwi-orbit efanayo ngentsimbi ye-8:54 kusasa.

Ithwele phantse iitoni ezi-6 zeepropellants kunye nezinto, kuquka neepakeji ezingaphezu kwama-200, iTianzhou 4 inikwe umsebenzi wokuxhasa umsebenzi ozayo weShenzhou XIV, apho kulindeleke ukuba iqela lamalungu amathathu lihlale iinyanga ezintandathu ngaphakathi kwisikhululo saseTiangong.

UWang Chunhui, injineli kwiZiko leeNkwenkwezi zaseTshayina othathe inxaxheba kwinkqubo yeTianzhou 4, uthe uninzi lwemithwalo yenqanawa yenziwe ngezinto eziyimfuneko kubasebenzi beShenzhou XIV, ingakumbi ukutya nempahla.

Okwangoku, iTiangong ine-Tianhe core module, iTianzhou 3 kunye neTianzhou 4. Abantu bayo bamva nje - oosomajukujuku abathathu bemishini yaseShenzhou XIII - bagqibe uhambo lweenyanga ezintandathu baza babuyela eMhlabeni phakathi ku-Epreli.

Inqwelo-moya yaseShenzhou XIV iza kukhutshwa kwinyanga ezayo isuka kwiJiuquan Satellite Launch Center kumantla-ntshona eTshayina, utshilo uHao Chun, intloko yearhente yeenqwelo-moya zasemoyeni kwinyanga ephelileyo.

NgoJulayi, icandelo lokuqala lelebhu yesitishi saseTiangong, iWentian (Quest for the Heavens), liza kuqaliswa, kwaye elesibini, iMengtian (Dreaming of the Heavens), liza kuthunyelwa echwebeni lesitishi ngo-Okthobha, utshilo uHao. Emva kokuba ziqhagamshelwe neTiangong, isitishi siza kwenza isakhiwo esimile okwe-T.

Emva kweendawo zokusebenzela zasemoyeni, inqanawa yeTianzhou 5 cargo craft kunye neqela leShenzhou XV kulindeleke ukuba zifike kwindawo enkulu ejikeleza ngasekupheleni konyaka, utshilo umphathi.

ITianzhou 1, inqwelo-moya yokuqala yempahla yaseTshayina, yathunyelwa kwiziko laseWenchang ngo-Epreli 2017. Yenze iindlela ezininzi zokubeka imithwalo kunye nokufaka amafutha ngaphakathi kwi-orbit kunye nelabhoratri yaseTshayina kwindawo ejikeleze uMhlaba ophantsi phakathi kuka-Epreli noSeptemba kuloo nyaka, nto leyo eyenza ukuba iTshayina ibe lilizwe lesithathu elikwaziyo ukugcwalisa amafutha ngaphakathi kwi-orbit, emva kweSoviet Union yangaphambili kunye ne-United States.

Njengoko inqwelo-moya nganye yempahla yaseTianzhou inobomi obuyilwe ngaphezu konyaka, inamacandelo amabini - ikhabhathi yempahla kunye necandelo lokuqhutywa. Ezi zithuthi zinobude obuziimitha ezili-10.6 kunye nobubanzi obuziimitha ezi-3.35.

Isithuthi semithwalo sinobunzima bokuphakamisa obuziitoni ezili-13.5 kwaye sinokuthwala ukuya kuthi ga kwiitoni eziyi-6.9 zezinto ezifunekayo ukuya kwisikhululo sasemajukujukwini.