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China/Space-Tianzhou-3/Undocking
Beijing, China - July 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Screen showing space station combination in orbit before undocking of Tianzhou-3 from core module Tianhe
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) commander, Beijing Aerospace Control Center (name not given):
"Beijing allows giving order for undocking!"
In Space - July 17, 2022 (China Manned Space Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Tianhe seen from camera on Tianzhou-3 during undocking
Beijing, China - July 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Screen showing time, date of undocking
In Space - July 17, 2022 (China Manned Space Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Tianhe seen from camera on Tianzhou-3 during undocking
UPSOUND (Chinese) commander of Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft (name not given):
"Tianzhou-3 completes undocking and is flying away from the mooring point at 19 meters."
Beijing, China - July 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) commander, Beijing Aerospace Control Center (name not given):
"Beijing rogers! The undocking of Tianzhou-3 completes!"
FILE: Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, Hainan Province, south China - Sept 20, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of Long March-7 Y4 rocket carrying Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft blasting off from launch pad
8. Screen showing Tianzhou-3's solar panels unfurling
9. Tianzhou seen from camera on Tianhe during docking
10. Earth
FILE: Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, Hainan Province, south China - Sept 20, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Screen showing Tianzhou-3 docking with Tianhe
12. Screen showing Tianzhou-3's mooring points before docking with Tianhe
13. Screen showing Tianzhou-3 docking with Tianhe from nearest mooring point 19 meter away
In Space - July 17, 2022 (China Manned Space Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
14. Tianzhou seen completing docking from camera on Tianhe
Beijing, China - July 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
15. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Jiang Ping, deputy chief designer, cargo spacecraft team, Beijing Aerospace Control Center (starting with shot 14/ending with shots 16-19):
"Before undocking, Tianzhou-3 was docked with the core module's front port, which will be the one lab module Wentian docks with following its launch. So, before Wentian arrives, Tianzhou-3 need to detach from the combination to prepare for the launch of the lab module. The entire undocking process went on without a hitch, with the craft completing the separation safe and sound and switching to normal in-orbit flight mode."
16. Screen showing total flight duration of Tianzhou-3, Tianzhou-4 cargo spaceships
17. Screen showing space station
18. Screen showing Tianzhou-3 in orbit away from space station
19. Engineers, technicians
20. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Luo Chengdong, assistant, cargo spacecraft program, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (starting with shot 19/ending with shots 21-22):
"Tianzhou-3 is now in solo flight mode. Next, after the successful launch of lab module Wentian and its subsequent docking with the space station combination, Tianzhou-3 will be deorbited. By then we will lower the cargo craft's flight altitude through two orbit adjustments."
21. Screen showing altitude of Tianzhou-3, space station
22. Various of engineers, technicians
China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-3 undocked from the space station combination at around 11:00 Beijing time Sunday after completing all its missions, marking another step forward in the construction of the country's space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Video footage released by the CMSA showed the freighter slowly detaching from the front docking port of the core module Tianhe and flying away.
The Tianzhou-3, or Heavenly Vessel, is the third mission of China's Tianzhou-class unmanned cargo spacecraft, and the second resupply mission to the in-orbit space station Tiangong, or Heavenly Palace.
The cargo craft, carrying six tons of supplies, lifted off aboard a Long March-7 Y4 rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province on Sept. 20, 2021, just three days after the first batch of astronauts to crew the space station returned to Earth.
On April 20, the freighter separated from the aft port of Tianhe, moved to the module's front port, and completed a computer-orchestrated rendezvous and docking with the core module.
"Before undocking, Tianzhou-3 was docked with the core module's front port, which will be the one lab module Wentian docks with following its launch. So, before Wentian arrives, Tianzhou-3 need to detach from the combination to prepare for the launch of the lab module. The entire undocking process went on without a hitch, with the craft completing the separation safe and sound and switching to normal in-orbit flight mode," said Jiang Ping, deputy chief designer with the cargo spacecraft team at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center.
The Tianzhou-3 is in good condition and will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere under ground control at a later time.
"Tianzhou-3 is now in solo flight mode. Next, after the successful launch of lab module Wentian and its subsequent docking with the space station combination, Tianzhou-3 will be deorbited. By then we will lower the cargo craft's flight altitude through two orbit adjustments," said Luo Chengdong, assistant to the cargo spacecraft program at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
China aims to launch the lab module Wentian later this month and another lab module Mengtian in October for the construction of the its space station, which it plans to complete by the end of the year.
China/Space-Tianzhou-3/Undocking
Dateline : July 17, 2022/File
Location : China;In Space
Duration : 1'28
Beijing, China - July 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Screen showing space station combination in orbit before undocking of Tianzhou-3 from core module Tianhe
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) commander, Beijing Aerospace Control Center (name not given):
"Beijing allows giving order for undocking!"
In Space - July 17, 2022 (China Manned Space Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Tianhe seen from camera on Tianzhou-3 during undocking
Beijing, China - July 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Screen showing time, date of undocking
In Space - July 17, 2022 (China Manned Space Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Tianhe seen from camera on Tianzhou-3 during undocking
UPSOUND (Chinese) commander of Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft (name not given):
"Tianzhou-3 completes undocking and is flying away from the mooring point at 19 meters."
Beijing, China - July 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) commander, Beijing Aerospace Control Center (name not given):
"Beijing rogers! The undocking of Tianzhou-3 completes!"
FILE: Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, Hainan Province, south China - Sept 20, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of Long March-7 Y4 rocket carrying Tianzhou-3 cargo spacecraft blasting off from launch pad
8. Screen showing Tianzhou-3's solar panels unfurling
9. Tianzhou seen from camera on Tianhe during docking
10. Earth
FILE: Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site, Hainan Province, south China - Sept 20, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Screen showing Tianzhou-3 docking with Tianhe
12. Screen showing Tianzhou-3's mooring points before docking with Tianhe
13. Screen showing Tianzhou-3 docking with Tianhe from nearest mooring point 19 meter away
In Space - July 17, 2022 (China Manned Space Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
14. Tianzhou seen completing docking from camera on Tianhe
Beijing, China - July 17, 2022 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
15. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Jiang Ping, deputy chief designer, cargo spacecraft team, Beijing Aerospace Control Center (starting with shot 14/ending with shots 16-19):
"Before undocking, Tianzhou-3 was docked with the core module's front port, which will be the one lab module Wentian docks with following its launch. So, before Wentian arrives, Tianzhou-3 need to detach from the combination to prepare for the launch of the lab module. The entire undocking process went on without a hitch, with the craft completing the separation safe and sound and switching to normal in-orbit flight mode."
16. Screen showing total flight duration of Tianzhou-3, Tianzhou-4 cargo spaceships
17. Screen showing space station
18. Screen showing Tianzhou-3 in orbit away from space station
19. Engineers, technicians
20. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Luo Chengdong, assistant, cargo spacecraft program, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (starting with shot 19/ending with shots 21-22):
"Tianzhou-3 is now in solo flight mode. Next, after the successful launch of lab module Wentian and its subsequent docking with the space station combination, Tianzhou-3 will be deorbited. By then we will lower the cargo craft's flight altitude through two orbit adjustments."
21. Screen showing altitude of Tianzhou-3, space station
22. Various of engineers, technicians
China's cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-3 undocked from the space station combination at around 11:00 Beijing time Sunday after completing all its missions, marking another step forward in the construction of the country's space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Video footage released by the CMSA showed the freighter slowly detaching from the front docking port of the core module Tianhe and flying away.
The Tianzhou-3, or Heavenly Vessel, is the third mission of China's Tianzhou-class unmanned cargo spacecraft, and the second resupply mission to the in-orbit space station Tiangong, or Heavenly Palace.
The cargo craft, carrying six tons of supplies, lifted off aboard a Long March-7 Y4 rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province on Sept. 20, 2021, just three days after the first batch of astronauts to crew the space station returned to Earth.
On April 20, the freighter separated from the aft port of Tianhe, moved to the module's front port, and completed a computer-orchestrated rendezvous and docking with the core module.
"Before undocking, Tianzhou-3 was docked with the core module's front port, which will be the one lab module Wentian docks with following its launch. So, before Wentian arrives, Tianzhou-3 need to detach from the combination to prepare for the launch of the lab module. The entire undocking process went on without a hitch, with the craft completing the separation safe and sound and switching to normal in-orbit flight mode," said Jiang Ping, deputy chief designer with the cargo spacecraft team at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center.
The Tianzhou-3 is in good condition and will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere under ground control at a later time.
"Tianzhou-3 is now in solo flight mode. Next, after the successful launch of lab module Wentian and its subsequent docking with the space station combination, Tianzhou-3 will be deorbited. By then we will lower the cargo craft's flight altitude through two orbit adjustments," said Luo Chengdong, assistant to the cargo spacecraft program at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
China aims to launch the lab module Wentian later this month and another lab module Mengtian in October for the construction of the its space station, which it plans to complete by the end of the year.
ID : 8282186
Published : 2022-07-17 17:25
Last Modified : 2022-07-17 21:26:28
Source : China Central Television (CCTV),Other
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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