Tiangong-2
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. It was deorbited as planned on 19 July 2019.
A rendering of Tianzhou 1 (left) docked to Tiangong-2. | |
| Station statistics | |
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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: | |
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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 and the remaining modules of which launched in 2022.
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