Tianzhou 9

2025 Chinese resupply spaceflight. Tianzhou 9 was launched on July 14, 2025 aboard a Chang Zheng 7 from Wenchang. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Jul 15, 2025).

COSPAR 2025-149ANORAD 64786China

Identity

Name in GCAT: Tianzhou-9
Common name: Tianzhou 9
International designator: 2025-149A
NORAD catalog number: 64786
GCAT identifier: S64786

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: July 14, 2025 · 21:34 UTC
Launch record: 2025-149Success
Rocket: Chang Zheng 7
Spaceport: Wenchang · pad LC201

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 202 km
Apogee: 340 km
Inclination: 41.47°
Status: Docked with another object
Status date: July 15, 2025
Last known active: May 6, 2026
End of operations: May 6, 2026

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 Q134403695 (CC0).