Full coverage: China Tiangong-2 Space Lab Launch

Final preparations for the launch of the Tiangong-2 space laboratory are underway in China’s northwestern Gansu province.

The launch team has conducted a full-system drill, one of the most important steps before the Long March rocket which will carry the lab into space blasts off later this week.

Monitoring and control teams in Beijing and elsewhere participated in the drill to test communication and coordination systems.