[3] It was launched on 10 May 2023 at 13:22 UTC,[4] and docked to the Tiangong Space Station a few hours later.

[5][6] On 12 March 2023, CMSA announced that Tianzhou 6 has completed manufacturing, and was delivered to Wenchang.

[11] It docked to the aft port of the Tiangong Space Station less than 8 hours later.

The cargo capacity of Tianzhou 6 has been increased by 20%, allowing to it carry payloads of up to 7.4 tonnes.

It delivered more than 7 tons of pressurized cargo, including scientific payloads for researching about lidar and supercritical flow.