Tianzhou 7
2024 Chinese resupply spaceflight / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tianzhou 7 (Chinese: 天舟七号) is the seventh mission of the Tianzhou-class uncrewed cargo spacecraft, and the sixth resupply mission to the Tiangong Space Station. Like previous Tianzhou missions, the spacecraft was launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan, China on a Long March 7 rocket.
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Mission type | Tiangong space station resupply |
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Operator | CNSA |
COSPAR ID | 2024-013A |
SATCAT no. | 58811 |
Website | www |
Mission duration | 188 days, 8 hours and 16 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 | 188 days, 4 hours and 57 minutes |
Tianzhou 7 mission patch Tianzhou 8 → |
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