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Detailed explanation-1: -China has successfully launched the second space module to its permanent space station today. The 23-tonne Wentian laboratory module launched on the rocket, the Long March 5B, from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on the southern island of Hainan. Wentian separated from the rocket about 10 minutes after the launch.

Detailed explanation-2: -The lab module called Mengtian was launched using a Long March-5B Y4 rocket, one of China’s biggest rockets, from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan.

Detailed explanation-3: -UPSC Mains. Q. Which country successfully launched its space station module called ‘Wentian’? Notes: China successfully launched its second module, called Wentian, to the Tiangong space station recently.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the month of May 2020, the first maiden flight by China’s Long March-5B carrier rocket was completed, and then, the rocket launched the Tianhe core module of the China Space Station (CSS) in the year April 2021. China carried out a series of missions from 2020 to 2022 to build its first space station.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Wentian module was launched atop a Long March 5B rocket from Hainan Island at 2:22 p.m. local time on Sunday. Wentian, China’s largest ever spacecraft weighing 23 metric tons, is equipped with four scientific cabinets to conduct ecological and biotechnological experiments under varying gravity conditions.