Earth orbit
Tianzhou-8
Tianzhou-8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Tianzhou program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Tianzhou-8 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 2024-211; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 15 November 2024, 15:13:18 UTC
- Launch location
- Wenchang Space Center, Hainan
- Launch vehicle
- Chang Zheng 7
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A CASC Long March 7 rocket launched the Tianzhou-8 mission on Friday, November 15, 2024 at 3:13 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- CASC
- Vehicle
- Long March 7
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2024-211
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Nov 15, 2024, 15:13 UTC
- Target T-0
- Nov 15, 2024, 15:13 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Nov 15 2024
- Pad and location
- LC-201, Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
Launch media
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 8 July 2025
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Tianzhou-8
GCAT program: Tianzhou.
- GCAT ID
- S61983
- Manufacturer
- Zhongguo kongjian jishu yanjiu yuan
- Launch mass
- 6,683 kg
- Dimensions
- 9 m long · 3.35 m diameter · 9 m span
Gallery
0 images from Tianzhou-8.
No mission imagery is available yet.
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