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Tianzhou 5

Tianzhou 5 (Chinese: 天舟五号) is the fifth mission of the Tianzhou-class unmanned cargo spacecraft, and the fourth resupply mission to the Tiangong Space Station. Like previous Tianzhou missions, the spacecraft was launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan, China on a Long March 7 rocket. It was successfully placed into orbit on 12 November and docked to the Tiangong space station on the same day. The whole docking process only lasted for around two hours, which is a world record.