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Tianhe
Tianhe is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Tiangong program.
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
Tianhe 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 2021-035; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 29 April 2021, 03:23:16 UTC
- Launch location
- Wenchang Space Center, Hainan
- Launch vehicle
- Chang Zheng 5B
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A China Long March 5B rocket launched the Tianhe mission on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 3:18 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- China
- Vehicle
- Long March 5B
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2021-035
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Apr 29, 2021, 03:18 UTC
- Target T-0
- Not published
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Apr 29 2021
- Pad and location
- LP-101, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
Mostly Cloudy Temp: 70.6F Wind: 19.99mph
- Temperature
- 70.6°F
- Wind
- 19.99 mph
- Condition
- Mostly Cloudy
- Forecast updated
- Apr 28, 2021, 12:00 UTC
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Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
Tianhe
GCAT program: Tiangong.
- GCAT ID
- S48274
- Manufacturer
- Zhongguo kongjian jishu yanjiu yuan
- Launch mass
- 21,500 kg
- Dimensions
- 16.6 m long · 4.2 m diameter · 30 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
0 images from Tianhe.
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