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Tianhe
Module of the Tiangong space station. Tianhe was launched on April 29, 2021 aboard a Chang Zheng 5B from Wenchang. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2021-035ANORAD 48274China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tianhe
- Payload designation
- Tianhe hao hexin cang
- International designator
- 2021-035A
- NORAD catalog number
- 48274
- GCAT identifier
- S48274
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1033
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Tiangong
- Owner
- ZZHGB
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- Tianhe
Launch
- Date
- April 29, 2021 · 03:23 UTC
- Launch record
- 2021-035Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 5B
- Spaceport
- Wenchang · pad LC101
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 170 km
- Apogee
- 381 km
- Inclination
- 41.47°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- March 2023
Size
- Mass
- 21.5 t
- Dry mass
- 20.8 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 22.5 t
- Length
- 16.6 m
- Diameter
- 4.20 m
- Span
- 30.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q5170154 (CC0).