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		</div><p>An automated cargo rocket carrying supplies for China’s new space station has blasted off from an island in the South China Sea.</p>
<p>A Long March 7 rocket carrying the Tianzhou-2 took off at 8.50pm (1.50pm BST) from the Wenchang launch centre on Hainan Island, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.</p>
<p>The Tianzhou-2 carried fuel and supplies for the Tianhe space station, state media reported earlier. The station’s core module was launched into orbit April 29.</p>
<p>The Chinese space agency says 11 launches are planned through to the end of next year to deliver two more modules for the 70-tonne space station, supplies and its three-member crew.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Home delivery service from Earth to Space!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/China?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#China</a> successfully launched <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tianzhou2?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tianzhou2</a> (&#39;Heavenly Ship&#39;) unmanned cargo spacecraft on Saturday night to dock with the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/spacestation?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#spacestation</a> core module <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tianhe?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tianhe</a> to deliver supplies, equipment &; propellant: the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). <a href="https://t.co/4G4nxIwbh4">pic.twitter.com/4G4nxIwbh4</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka (@ChinaEmbSL) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChinaEmbSL/status/1398634798323699716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>China was criticised for allowing part of the rocket that launched the Tianhe to fall back to Earth uncontrolled earlier this month.</p>
<p>There was no indication about what Beijing plans to do with the rocket from Saturday’s launch.</p>
<p>The Tianhe, or Heavenly Harmony, is the third and largest orbital station launched by China’s increasingly ambitious space programme.</p>
<p>Beijing does not participate in the International Space Station, largely due to US objections.</p>
<p>Washington is wary of the secrecy surrounding the Chinese program and its military connections.</p>
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