On September 15 China has launched the Tyangun 2 inhabited space station, reports the Interfax. Tyangun 2 will settle into an orbit about 236 miles (380 kilometers) above the Earth. Next month Shenzhou-11 together with two spacecraft will join Tyangun 2.

Tyangun 2 module is used for testing systems and training staff to stay in space for a long time. This device is considered to be the next step of creating China’s multi module orbital station, which will be built by 2022 .  Tyangun 2 will be used for several years and exchanged for Tyangun 3 module. China's previous space station , Tyangun 1 , was launched on September 29 , 2011.