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Tianzhou 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (TZ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Tianzhou 1 [CCTV]
Tianzhou 1 (TZ 1) is the first Chinese cargo spacecraft to service the Tiangong 2 and follow on space stations.
The supply spacecraft is based on the Tiangong design. Tiangong will be launched on CZ-7 rockets from Wenchang.
The maiden flight, Tianzhou 1, was launched in April 2017 to test operations with the experimental Tiangong 2 space station.
The second flight, Tianzhou 2 in 2021 will dock with the next station, the modular Chinese Space Station (CSS). The third and fourth will follow in 2022 and 2023.
| Nation: | China |
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| Type / Application: | Supply, cargo |
| Operator: | CNSA |
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| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
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| Mass: | 12910 kg (#1) |
| Orbit: | 400 km × 400 km, 42.8° |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| Tianzhou 1 (TZ 1) | 2017-021A | 20.04.2017 | We LC-201 | CZ-7 | with SilkRoad-1 01 | |
| Tianzhou 2 (TZ 2) | 2021-046A | 29.05.2021 | We LC-201 | CZ-7 | ||
| Tianzhou 3 (TZ 3) | 2021-085A | 20.09.2021 | We LC-201 | CZ-7 | ||
| Tianzhou 4 (TZ 4) | 2022-050A | 09.05.2022 | We LC-201 | CZ-7 | with Zhixing 3A | |
| Tianzhou 5 (TZ 5) | 2022-152A | 12.11.2022 | We LC-201 | CZ-7 | with XW 4 |
Further Tianzhou missions:
