Tiangong-2
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Tiangong-2 (Chinese: 天宫二号; pinyin: Tiāngōng èrhào; lit. 'Celestial Palace 2') was a Chinese space laboratory and part of the Project 921-2 space station program. Tiangong-2 was launched on 15 September 2016.[7] It was deorbited as planned on 19 July 2019.[8]
Quick Facts Station statistics, COSPAR ID ...
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COSPAR ID | 2016-057A |
SATCAT no. | 41765 |
Crew | 2 (from Shenzhou 11) 19 October – 17 November 2016 |
Launch | 15 September 2016, 14:04:09 UTC |
Carrier rocket | Long March 2F/G |
Launch pad | Jiuquan, LA-4 / SLS-1 |
Reentry | 19 July 2019 |
Mass | 8,600 kg (19,000 lb) |
Length | 10.4 m (34 ft) |
Diameter | 3.35 m (11.0 ft) |
Pressurised volume | 14 m3 (490 cu ft) |
Periapsis altitude | 369.65 km (229.69 mi) |
Apoapsis altitude | 378.4 km (235.1 mi) |
Orbital inclination | 42.79° |
Orbital speed | 7.68 km/s (4.77 mi/s) |
Orbital period | 92.0 minutes |
Days occupied | 26 days 11.3 hours |
Statistics as of 22 September 2016 References:[1][2][3][4][5][6] |
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Quick Facts Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese ...
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Simplified Chinese | 天宫二号 | ||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 天宮二號 | ||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Celestial Palace-2 or Heavenly Palace-2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 空间实验室 | ||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 空間實驗室 | ||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Space Laboratory | ||||||||||||||||||
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Tiangong-2 was neither designed nor planned to be a permanent orbital station; rather, it was intended as a testbed for key technologies used in the Tiangong station (Chinese large modular space station) of which the first module launched on 29 April 2021[9] and the remaining modules of which launched in 2022.[10]