Tiangong space station

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crewed space station modular space station orbital space station

The Tiangong space station is China’s modular, permanently crewed orbital outpost that serves as the centerpiece of its independent human spaceflight and research program in low Earth orbit.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Tiangong-1 1
Tiangong-2 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crewed space station ⓘ
modular space station ⓘ
orbital space station ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chinese space station ⓘ
altitude about 340–450 kilometers ⓘ
assemblyComplete late 2022 ⓘ
constructionStart April 2021 ⓘ
coreModule Tianhe ⓘ
country China ⓘ
crewCapacity 3 ⓘ
designLifetime at least 10 years ⓘ
firstCrewArrival June 2021 ⓘ
firstCrewMission Shenzhou 12 ⓘ
firstModuleLaunch 29 April 2021 ⓘ
hasFeature external experiment platforms ⓘ
multiple docking ports ⓘ
robotic arm ⓘ
hasModule Mengtian laboratory module ⓘ
Tianhe core module ⓘ
Wentian laboratory module ⓘ
inclination about 41.5 degrees ⓘ
isContemporaryWith International Space Station program ⓘ
surface form: International Space Station
isPartOf China’s human spaceflight program ⓘ
China National Space Administration ⓘ
surface form: Chinese space program
isPermanentlyCrewed true ⓘ
isSuccessorOf Tiangong space station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tiangong-1

Tiangong space station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tiangong-2
laboratoryModule Mengtian ⓘ
Wentian ⓘ
languageOfOperations Chinese ⓘ
launchVehicle Long March 5B ⓘ
maximumCrewCapacity 6 ⓘ
nameMeaning Heavenly Palace ⓘ
operator China Manned Space Agency ⓘ
China National Space Administration ⓘ
orbits Earth ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
powerSource solar arrays ⓘ
purpose human spaceflight ⓘ
international scientific cooperation ⓘ
space science research ⓘ
technology demonstration ⓘ
researchField Earth observation ⓘ
fluid physics ⓘ
materials science ⓘ
microgravity science ⓘ
space medicine ⓘ
space technology testing ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
supportsDockingWith Shenzhou 12 ⓘ
surface form: Shenzhou crewed spacecraft

Tianzhou cargo spacecraft ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

China → hasSpaceStation → Tiangong space station ⓘ
low Earth orbit → hosts → Tiangong space station ⓘ
Tiangong space station → isSuccessorOf → Tiangong space station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tiangong-1
Tiangong space station → isSuccessorOf → Tiangong space station self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tiangong-2