Tianzhou-4 - CZ-7 - Wenchang - May 9, 2022 (17:56:37 UTC)

• #40 by William Graham on 09 May, 2022 17:57
• Liftoff!

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• #41 by William Graham on 09 May, 2022 17:58

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• #42 by William Graham on 09 May, 2022 17:59

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• #43 by William Graham on 09 May, 2022 18:00
• Booster sep

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• #44 by William Graham on 09 May, 2022 18:01
• Staging and fairing sep

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• #45 by William Graham on 09 May, 2022 18:02
• Second stage now powering TZ-4 into orbit

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• #46 by William Graham on 09 May, 2022 18:03
• T+6 minutes

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• #47 by William Graham on 09 May, 2022 18:05

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• #48 by William Graham on 09 May, 2022 18:06
• Planned shutdown of two second-stage engines

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• #49 by William Graham on 09 May, 2022 18:07
• SECO and S/C sep

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• #50 by William Graham on 09 May, 2022 18:10
• Solar panel deployment

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• #51 by Conexion Espacial on 09 May, 2022 18:22
• The ship's antenna has been deployed.

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• #52 by Satori on 09 May, 2022 18:43
• Exact launch time: 17:56:37.376UTC
• #53 by Conexion Espacial on 09 May, 2022 19:01
• Mission Patch

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• #54 by Conexion Espacial on 09 May, 2022 19:02
• Thianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft

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• #55 by Conexion Espacial on 09 May, 2022 22:01
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  Thianzhou-4 and CSS have been sighted.https://twitter.com/legionelmelenas/status/1523771262408871937
• #56 by Satori on 09 May, 2022 22:23
• A few launch photos...

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• #57 by Satori on 09 May, 2022 22:24
• ...and another two.

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• #58 by Conexion Espacial on 10 May, 2022 00:18
• Thianzhou-4 arrived at the waiting point 400 meters from the CSS, open another waiting point at 00 meters.

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• #59 by Conexion Espacial on 10 May, 2022 00:23
• Docking will be at approximately 01:00 UTC.

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