Human Spaceflight
TIANZHOU-8
DecayedHuman SpaceflightLEONORAD 61983
The Tianzhou is a series of Chinese automated cargo spacecraft developed from China's first prototype space station Tiangong-1 to resupply its modular space station. It was first launched on the Long March 7 rocket from Wenchang on April 20, 2017 and demonstrated autonomous propellant transfer. Tianzhou also removes waste from the Tiangong via its destructive atmospheric reentry.
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- Launch date
- November 15, 2024 at 03:13 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Wenchang, China
- Launched by
- Long March 7 →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Tianzhou-8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 401 km
- Periapsis
- 392 km
- Inclination
- 41.46°
- Orbital period
- 92.48 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 13,200 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø3.35 × 9 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2024-211A
- NORAD catalog №
- 61983
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- July 8, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- July 8, 2025
- Time in service
- 235 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed