On January 6, the space station robotic arm transposition cargo spacecraft test photographed at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center showed that the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft was dragged by the robotic arm and translocated plane with the core capsule capsule sphere as the center of the circle. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Zhongzheng
Beijing, 6 Jan (Xinhua) -- According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, at 6:59 a.m. Beijing time on January 6, 2022, after about 47 minutes of close coordination across the system, the space station robotic arm transposition cargo spacecraft test was a complete success, which is China's first use of the space station robotic arm to operate a large orbiting vehicle for transposition test.
In the early morning of January 6, the robotic arm successfully captured the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft. At 6:12, the rotation test began, and after the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft was unlocked and separated from the Tianhe core module, the core capsule node ball center was used as the center of the circle for plane transposition under the drag of the mechanical arm; then, the reverse operation was reversed until the cargo spacecraft re-docked with the core cabin and the locking was completed.
On January 6, the space station robotic arm transposition cargo spacecraft test was filmed at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center, and the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft was unlocked and separated from the Tianhe core module. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Zhongzheng
In this test, the feasibility and effectiveness of using the robotic arm to operate the transposition of the space station module were preliminarily tested, and the transposition technology of the space station module and the large-load control technology of the robotic arm were verified, which accumulated experience for the subsequent assembly and construction of the space station.
On January 6, the space station robotic arm transposition cargo spacecraft test photographed at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center, the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft re-docked with the Tianhe core module and completed the locking. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Zhongzheng
Source: Xinhua Net