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TIANGONG-2
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Tiangong-2 was a Chinese space laboratory developed as part of the Project 921-2 space station program. It launched on 15 September 2016 and was deorbited on 19 July 2019.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 15, 2016 at 02:04 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2F/G →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Tiangong-2
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 376 km
- Periapsis
- 185 km
- Inclination
- 42.78°
- Orbital period
- 90.12 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 8,600 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2016-057A
- NORAD catalog №
- 41765
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 15.8489 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- July 19, 2019
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- July 19, 2019
- Time in service
- 2.8 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed