天和号核心舱
Tianzhou-2 completed automated rendezvous and docking maneuvers with Tianhe at 5:01 p.m. Eastern on 2021-05-29.
China’s Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft docked with the Tianhe space station module in low Earth orbit on 2021-05-29.
Tianzhou-2 is tasked with delivering propellant and supplies ahead of a first crewed mission to Tianhe in June 2021.
Tianzhou-2 will remain docked to the Tianhe module to support the Shenzhou-12 crewed mission in June 2021.
The 22.5-ton Tianhe space station core module launched late 2021-04-28 Eastern on a Long March 5B rocket and is now in a 360 by 385-kilometer orbit inclined 41.5 degrees.
Tianzhou-2 will transfer propellant to the Tianhe core module and deliver supplies to support future crewed missions.
China planned a Long March 7 launch of the Tianzhou-2 cargo spacecraft to join Tianhe in orbit within weeks of the Long March 5B reentry, with the crewed Shenzhou-12 mission likely to follow in June.
The Long March 5B successfully launched China’s Tianhe space station core module directly into low Earth orbit on 2021-04-28 Eastern.
The Tianhe core module weighed 22,500 kg and used its own propulsion to raise its orbit after launch.
China is planning two further Long March 5B launches in 2022 to send the experiment modules Wentian and Mengtian to join the Tianhe module in orbit.
China planned two further Long March 5B launches in 2022 to send two experiment modules to join the Tianhe core module in orbit.
The Long March 5B second rocket launched the Tianhe core module for China’s space station on 2021-04-28 Eastern time.
The Long March 5B core stage that launched China’s Tianhe core module is likely to reenter the atmosphere around 2021-05-08 based on early space tracking predictions.
The Long March 5B launched the 22.5-metric-ton Tianhe core module into orbit on 2021-04-28 Eastern time.
The Tianhe launch was the first of three missions that are part of 11 launches scheduled for 2021 and 2022 to build a planned 66-ton, three-module Chinese space station.
China launched the 22-metric-ton Tianhe core module on 2021-04-28.
The Tianhe launch was delayed by the 2017 failure of a Long March 5 and by postponement of the Long March 5B test while issues with the YF-77 core-stage engine were resolved.
The Long March 5B is expected to launch the 22-ton Tianhe space station core module around 2021-04-29.
The Tianhe core module launch was delayed by the 2017 failure of the second Long March 5 due to issues with the YF-77 liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen engine.
Tianzhou-2 will launch on a Long March 7 rocket from Wenchang to rendezvous and dock with Tianhe and transfer propellant to the module.