Human Spaceflight
TIANZHOU-1
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Tianzhou 1 was the debut mission of the Tianzhou-class uncrewed cargo spacecraft. It was developed as part of the crewed space program of China. Tianzhou means "heavenly vessel" in Chinese. On 20 April 2017, Tianzhou 1 was launched by rocket Long March 7 at China Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site. It successfully docked with the Tiangong-2 space laboratory on 22 April 2017 at 12:16 (UTC+8). Tianzhou 1 was deorbited on 22 September 2017. It plunged into Earth's atmosphere and burned up after a set of braking maneuvers under ground control.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 20, 2017 at 11:41 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Wenchang, China
- Launched by
- Long March 7 →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Tianzhou-1
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 392 km
- Periapsis
- 388 km
- Inclination
- 42.78°
- Orbital period
- 92.36 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 12,910 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2017-021A
- NORAD catalog №
- 42684
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- September 22, 2017
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- September 22, 2017
- Time in service
- 155 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed