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Tianzhou 5

2022 Chinese resupply spaceflight to the Tiangong Space Station. Tianzhou 5 was launched on November 12, 2022 aboard a Chang Zheng 7 from Wenchang. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Nov 12, 2022).

COSPAR 2022-152ANORAD 54237China

Identity

Name in GCAT
Tianzhou-5
Common name
Tianzhou 5
International designator
2022-152A
NORAD catalog number
54237
GCAT identifier
S54237
UN registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1123

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
November 12, 2022 · 02:03 UTC
Launch record
2022-152Success
Spaceport
Wenchang · pad LC201

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
200 km
Apogee
421 km
Inclination
41.85°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
November 12, 2022
Last known active
Sep 12, 2023
End of operations
Sep 12, 2023

Size

Mass
8,178 kg
Dry mass
7,000 kg
Total mass with attached objects
13.2 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 Q112119394 (CC0).