Tiangong-2 launch (天宫二号)

A Long March 2F (Chang Zheng 2F) carrier rocket launched the Tiangong-2 space laboratory from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gansu Province, on 15 September 2016, at 14:04 UTC (22:04 local time). Tiangong-2 (天宫二号or “Heavenly Palace 2”) is China’s second space station, similar in size to the Tiangong-1, but with a larger payload capacity, better living quarters, and new communication technologies on board. Tiangong-2 will be used as a laboratory in space for testing mid-term space s