2016 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Tianlian 1-04
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Tianlian 1 is a Chinese data tracking and relay communications satellite series. Tianlian 1-04 is the fourth satellite in the constellation. It provides communication coverage for the crewed Shenzhou missions, from Shenzhou 7 onwards. Functionally, it is similar to the United States Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRS).
Overview
- Date / time
- November 22, 2016 at 03:24 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- Mission
- Tianlian 1-04
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit