China rolls out rocket for Shenzhou-17 mission to Tiangong

A crew of three astronauts is set to launch to China’s Tiangong space station next week for a six-month-long mission. A Long March 2F rocket was rolled out to the pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, northwest China, early Oct. 19. The rocket is tipped with the Shenzhou-17 crew spacecraft and a telltale escape system atop the payload fairing. The 62-meter-long rocket was transferred vertically across the roughly 1,500 meters from the assembly building to the pad at around 30 meters per minute. More

(Source: SpaceNews - Oct 20)