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Tianzhou 6
2023 Chinese resupply spaceflight to the Tiangong Space Station. Tianzhou 6 was launched on May 10, 2023 aboard a Chang Zheng 7 from Wenchang. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (May 10, 2023).
COSPAR 2023-063ANORAD 56446China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tianzhou-6
- Common name
- Tianzhou 6
- International designator
- 2023-063A
- NORAD catalog number
- 56446
- GCAT identifier
- S56446
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1237
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
- May 10, 2023 · 13:22 UTC
- Launch record
- 2023-063Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 7
- Spaceport
- Wenchang · pad LC201
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 199 km
- Apogee
- 317 km
- Inclination
- 41.48°
- Status
- Docked with another object
- Status date
- May 10, 2023
- Last known active
- Jan 19, 2024
- End of operations
- Jan 19, 2024
Size
- Mass
- 6,683 kg
- Dry mass
- 6,000 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 Q118128651 (CC0).