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Tianzhou 1
Tianzhou 1 is a unmaned cargo spacecraft created by China.. Tianzhou 1 was launched on April 20, 2017 aboard a Chang Zheng 7 from Wenchang. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Apr 22, 2017).
COSPAR 2017-021ANORAD 42684China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tianzhou-1
- Common name
- Tianzhou 1
- International designator
- 2017-021A
- NORAD catalog number
- 42684
- GCAT identifier
- S42684
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/898
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Tianzhou
- Owner
- ZZHGB
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- Tianzhou
Launch
- Date
- April 20, 2017 · 11:41 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-021Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 7
- Spaceport
- Wenchang · pad LC201
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 367 km
- Apogee
- 377 km
- Inclination
- 42.78°
- Status
- Docked with another object
- Status date
- April 22, 2017
- Last known active
- Sep 22, 2017
- End of operations
- Sep 22, 2017
Size
- Mass
- 12.9 t
- Dry mass
- 7,000 kg
- Length
- 9.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Span
- 9.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18208012 (CC0).