Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft set to launch to China's space station -state media

China will launch the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft to the country's space station at 8:55 PM Beijing time (1255 GMT) on Saturday, the China National Space Administration said, according to state media on Saturday.

Tianzhou-2, or "Heavenly Vessel" in Chinese, is the second of 11 needed to complete China's first self-developed space station around 2022 and follows the launch of the key module Tianhe in late April.

Tianzhou-2 will be launched via a carrier rocket, state media said.

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