Earth orbit
Tiangong-1
Tiangong-1 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Tiangong program.
Interactive three-dimensional model of Tiangong-1. Mission information is also available as text below.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Tiangong-1 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Tiangong program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2011-053; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 29 September 2011, 13:16:03 UTC
- Launch location
- Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China
- Launch vehicle
- Chang Zheng 2F
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A China Long March 2F rocket launched the Tiangong 1 mission on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 1:16 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- China
- Vehicle
- Long March 2F
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2011-053
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Sep 29, 2011, 13:16 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Sep 29 2011
- Pad and location
- LA-4 / Pad 921 (SLS-1), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 21 March 2016
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Tiangong-1
GCAT program: Tiangong.
- GCAT ID
- S37820
- Manufacturer
- Zhongguo kongjian jishu yanjiu yuan
- Launch mass
- 8,500 kg
- Dimensions
- 10.4 m long · 3.3 m diameter · 18.4 m span
Gallery
0 images from Tiangong-1.
No mission imagery is available yet.
3D model
- Source
- Sketchfab — Tiangong 1
- Author
- uperesito
- Usage
- CC BY 4.0
Community-created model used under CC BY 4.0 and optimized for browser delivery; it is not an official engineering model.
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