China Launches Tianzhou 4 Resupply Spacecraft

On Monday, May 9 at 1:56pm EDT (13:56 UTC), China launched the Tianzhou 4 resupply spacecraft to their Tiangong space station atop a Long March 7 rocket from LC-201 at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in China. This begins a busy rest of the year for Tiangong, with one more resupply spacecraft, two new modules, and two crewed missions. This was the 51st orbital launch attempt of 2022 and the 8th Long March 7 launch.