BEIJING, November 12. /TASS/. China’s Manned Space Agency launched Tianzhou 5, an unmanned cargo spacecraft, to the national orbital station on Saturday.

The launch, aired by China National Television, took place at 10:03 Beijing time (05:03 Moscow time) from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan, China.

Tianzhou 5 will deliver food, equipment and belongings of the Shenzhou 15 spacecraft’s crew which is scheduled to travel to the orbital station in late November.

According to the agency, the CZ-7 Y6 carrier rocket has successfully placed the cargo spacecraft into orbit.