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Tianzhou-3
Tianzhou-3 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Tianzhou program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Tianzhou-3 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Tianzhou program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2021-085; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 20 September 2021, 07:10:11 UTC
- Launch location
- Wenchang Space Center, Hainan
- Launch vehicle
- Chang Zheng 7
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A China Long March 7 rocket launched the Tianzhou-3 mission on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 7:00 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- China
- Vehicle
- Long March 7
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2021-085
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Sep 20, 2021, 07:00 UTC
- Target T-0
- Not published
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Sep 20 2021
- Pad and location
- LC-201, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
Humid and Partly Cloudy Temp: 87.81F Wind: 9.56mph
- Temperature
- 87.81°F
- Wind
- 9.56 mph
- Condition
- Humid and Partly Cloudy
- Forecast updated
- Sep 20, 2021, 00:00 UTC
Launch media
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 27 July 2022
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Tianzhou-3
GCAT program: Tianzhou.
- GCAT ID
- S49222
- Manufacturer
- Zhongguo kongjian jishu yanjiu yuan
- Launch mass
- 7,220 kg
- Dimensions
- 9 m long · 3.35 m diameter · 9 m span
Gallery
One image from Tianzhou-3.
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