Tianzhou-10 cargo craft successful launch

China successfully launched the cargo craft Tianzhou-10 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Monday morning to deliver supplies for its orbiting Tiangong space station.

The Long March-7 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-10, blasted off at 8:14 a.m. local time from Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province. After about 10 minutes, Tianzhou-10 separated from the rocket and entered its designated orbit. Its solar panels soon unfolded.

The agency declared the launch a complete success. The cargo craft will later conduct the rendezvous and docking with the space station combination. The mission is the fifth cargo resupply flight of China’s manned space program since the space station entered the application and development phase.