JIUQUAN (China), May 30. China's Shenzhou-16 manned spacecraft was launched at the Jiuquan Cosmodrome in Gansu Province, a correspondent reports from the scene.
«It will deliver a crew of three to the Tiangong orbital station,» he reports.
The Long March-2F launch vehicle launched as scheduled at 9:31 Beijing time (04:31 GMT).
According to the China Manned Flight Program Administration, the launch was declared successful.