2021 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Tianlian 1-05
successLong March 3C/E | Tianlian 1-05
Tianlian 1, also known as Tian Lian 1, TL-1, and CTDRS-1 is a Chinese data tracking and relay communications satellite series. Based on the DFH-3 satellite bus, it will provide communication coverage for manned Shenzhou missions, from Shenzhou 7 onwards. Functionally, it is similar to the United States Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.
Overview
- Date / time
- July 6, 2021 at 03:53 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
- Mission
- Tianlian 1-05
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Transfer Orbit