HEO Robotics imaged the Chinese Space Station object CSS (TIANHE-1) (48274) with a measured separation of 293.4 +/- 0.90 m between the Tianhe core module and the Tianzhou-2 cargo module.
Tianzhou-2 was used early 2022 for a transposition test to verify procedures for moving a module from the forward docking port to a lateral port.
Tianzhou-2 was used early 2022 for a transposition test to verify procedures for moving a module from Tianhe’s forward docking port to a lateral port.
Tianhe was supported by the Tianzhou-2 and Tianzhou-3 logistics missions for the Shenzhou-12 and Shenzhou-13 crews respectively.
Tianzhou-2 was deorbited on 2022-03-31 after supplying the Shenzhou-12 mission and being used in transposition tests.
The Shenzhou-13 crew performed transposition tests aboard Tianhe using the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft as an analog for the new space station modules.
Tianzhou-2 made way for the arrival of Tianzhou-4, which will provide fresh supplies and fuel ahead of the Shenzhou-14 crew.
Tianzhou-2 reentered the atmosphere over the South Pacific at 6:40 a.m. Eastern on 2022-03-31.
Tianzhou-2 completed automated rendezvous and docking with Tianhe just over eight hours after its 2021-05-29 launch.
Tianzhou-2 launched on 2021-05-29 on a Long March 7 rocket from Wenchang.
Tianzhou-2 delivered 4,690 kg of cargo in a pressurized segment, including three months’ worth of food for three Shenzhou-12 crew members and two EVA suits.
Tianzhou-2 will be used to test Tianhe’s robotic arm’s ability to manipulate future modules and transfer them from the forward to lateral docking ports.
The Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft launched in May 2021 to deliver supplies, EVA suits, experiments, and propellant to the Tianhe core module ahead of Shenzhou-12.
Tianzhou-2 is planned to undock from the Tianhe aft port, dock with the forward docking port to test microgravity propellant transfer, and then be deorbited over the South Pacific.
Tianzhou-2 delivered supplies to Tianhe for Shenzhou-12 and is expected to remain docked to the core module beyond the deorbiting of Shenzhou-12.
Tianzhou-2 will be used as a test unit for the robotic arm to manipulate modules as part of space station construction.
Shenzhou-12 mission objectives include extravehicular activities using EVA suits delivered by Tianzhou-2, testing the performance of a large robotic arm, and verification of a regenerative life support system.
The Tianhe cargo and supply architecture included Tianzhou-2 delivering EVA suits to support Shenzhou-12 extravehicular activities.
Tianzhou-2 launched to Tianhe in 2021-05-31 carrying 4,690 kg of cargo in a pressurized segment to supply the Shenzhou-12 mission.
The Shenzhou-12 mission will include extravehicular activities using EVA suits delivered by Tianzhou-2.