Tianzhou 7 (Chinese:
![]() A Tianzhou 3D model | |
Mission type | Tiangong space station resupply |
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Operator | CNSA |
COSPAR ID | 2024-013A |
SATCAT no. | 58811![]() |
Website | www |
Mission duration | 233 days, 9 hours and 11 minutes (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Tianzhou-7 |
Spacecraft type | Tianzhou |
Manufacturer | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
Launch mass | 14,000 kg (31,000 lb) |
Payload mass | 7,400 kg (16,300 lb) |
Dimensions | 10.6 m × 3.35 m (34.8 ft × 11.0 ft) |
Power | 2 |
Expedition | |
Space station | Tiangong space station |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 17 January 2024, 14:27 UTC[1] |
Rocket | Long March 7 |
Launch site | Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, LC-201 |
Contractor | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 41.5° |
Docking with Tiangong space station | |
Docking port | Tianhe Aft port |
Docking date | 17 January 2024, 17:46 UTC |
Time docked | 233 days, 5 hours and 52 minutes |
![]() Tianzhou 7 mission patch |
Mission history
editOn 20 November 2023, CMSA announced that Tianzhou 7 had completed manufacturing, and was delivered to Wenchang.[2]
On 21 December 2023, Long March 7 Y8, the launch vehicle for this mission, arrived at Wenchang Space Launch Site. It started to conduct stacking and tests with the already arrived Tianzhou 7.[3]
On 17 January 2024 at 14:27 UTC, Long March 7 Y8 successfully lifted off from Wenchang SLS's LC-201, propelling Tianzhou 7 towards the Tiangong Station.[4] The spacecraft docked successfully with Tiangong some three hours later at 17:46 UTC.[5]
Spacecraft
editReferences
edit- ^ "Tianzhou 7". Next Spaceflight. Archived from the original on 17 January 2024.
- ^ Honge, Mo (20 November 2023). "China's Tianzhou-7 cargo spacecraft transported to launch site, mission logo revealed". Ecns.cn. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Rocket arrives at launch site for Tianzhou-7 cargo mission". The State Council of the People's Republic of China. 21 December 2023. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Long March 7 | Tianzhou 7". nextspaceflight.com. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "China's cargo craft Tianzhou-7 docks with space station combination". The State Council of the People's Republic of China. 18 January 2024. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024.