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Tianzhou 3
Tianzhou 3 is a unmaned cargo spacecraft created by China.. Tianzhou 3 was launched on September 20, 2021 aboard a Chang Zheng 7 from Wenchang. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Sep 20, 2021).
COSPAR 2021-085ANORAD 49222China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tianzhou-3
- Common name
- Tianzhou 3
- International designator
- 2021-085A
- NORAD catalog number
- 49222
- GCAT identifier
- S49222
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1033
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
- September 20, 2021 · 07:10 UTC
- Launch record
- 2021-085Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 7
- Spaceport
- Wenchang · pad LC201
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 380 km
- Apogee
- 386 km
- Inclination
- 41.47°
- Status
- Docked with another object
- Status date
- September 20, 2021
- Last known active
- Jul 27, 2022
- End of operations
- Jul 27, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 7,220 kg
- Dry mass
- 6,000 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 12.9 t
- 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 Q107348304 (CC0).