After flying with the Tiangong-2 space lab for about two months, China's Tianzhou-1 cargo¹ spacecraft on Wednesday separated from the space lab and entered a stage of independent operation.

 

中国天舟1号货运飞船与天宫2号太空实验室飞行两个月之后在周三分离，进入独立操作状态。

 

Controlled from Earth, Tianzhou-1 separated from Tiangong-2 at 9:47 a.m. Wednesday, remained 120 meters from the lab and then left to pursue its own course when conditions were deemed appropriate.

 

In this stage, Tianzhou-1 will orbit about 390 km above the Earth, conducting a variety of experiments.

 

It will also release a tiny satellite, CubeSat, and will carry out an automated² fast-docking with Tiangong-2 and conduct the third refueling of the space lab.

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