Engineers and researchers are getting ready for the smooth launch of the Shenzhou-20 mission, having actually currently moved the combination of the crewed spaceship and its provider rocket to the launch website at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) stated on Wednesday.The Shenzhou-20 mission will go for a proper time in the future, the company said.The spaceship and carrier rocket were raised from the assembly and test center on Wednesday evening and transported through vertical transfer to the introducing website.
The whole transfer procedure went efficiently and took around two hours.
Before the vertical transfer, we had already developed a detailed follow-up work strategy, detailing the material, status, sequence and inter-coordination of screening and assessment items for each system in the launching area, stated Zheng Yonghuang, primary engineer at the Jiuyuan Satellite Launch Center.Zheng stated, during execution, their main focus was on confirming the status of the mix, controlling the procedure and supervising the checkpoints, to make sure that each system runs effectively and smoothly.Following a rolling backup model, in which there is always a rocket in standby mode for any emergency situation, the Long March-2F carrier rocket has finished rocket lifting and binding and has likewise performed emergency situation rescue standby tasks for half a year since it came to the launch center on September 20, 2024.
On March 20, our rocket launch team as soon as again pertained to the launch website to perform testing on the multiple subsystems of the rocket and guarantee the compatibility between them.
We carried out four overall inspections and concurrently finished the fairing assembly, and the matching of the spacecraft-fairing combination and the escape tower, stated Liu Haibo, an engineer with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
Currently, the rocket systems are functioning well, with all criteria within the acceptable variety, and the rocket is in excellent condition, Liu said.The combination has currently finished final assembly tests and other related jobs, and the launch site facilities and equipment remain in great condition with engineers scheduled to perform different practical checks and joint tests ahead of launch.