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Launch Date
4/29/2021
Launch Site
WEN LC101
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Launch Vehicle
Chang Zheng 5B (Long March 5 Family)
On 2021-04-28, China launched a Long March 5B rocket carrying the first module of China’s future space station into Earth orbit.
In 2021 China launched its first space station module, two cargo spacecraft, and two crewed missions.
China plans to launch the first module of the Chinese Space Station, named Tianhe, around 2020 contingent on the nominal return-to-flight of the Long March 5 launch vehicle and a successful debut of the Long March 5B.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation planned a mission dress rehearsal at Wenchang at the end of 2019 involving a non-flight model of the rocket and the Chinese Space Station core module.
The Tianhe cargo and supply architecture included Tianzhou-2 delivering EVA suits to support Shenzhou-12 extravehicular activities.