Chinese Orbital Segment

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The Chinese Orbital Segment is the modular, permanently crewed portion of China’s Tiangong space station that serves as the nation’s primary long-term human outpost in low Earth orbit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crewed space station
modular space station
space station segment
abbreviation COS NERFINISHED
altitudeRange approximately 340–450 km
assemblyComplete 2022
attitudeControl control moment gyroscopes
reaction control system
cargoVehicle Tianzhou spacecraft NERFINISHED
communicationSystem Tianlian relay satellites NERFINISHED
ground station network
coreModule Tianhe Core Module NERFINISHED
country China
crewCapacity 3
crewStatus permanently crewed
crewTransportVehicle Shenzhou spacecraft NERFINISHED
dockingPorts multiple
firstModuleLaunchDate 2021-04-29
firstModuleLaunched Tianhe Core Module NERFINISHED
hasModule Mengtian Laboratory Module NERFINISHED
Tianhe Core Module NERFINISHED
Wentian Laboratory Module NERFINISHED
inclination 41.5 degrees
laboratoryModule Mengtian Laboratory Module NERFINISHED
Wentian Laboratory Module NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Long March 5B NERFINISHED
lifeSupport regenerative environmental control and life support system
location low Earth orbit
mainPowerSource solar arrays
maximumCrewCapacity 6
mengtianLaunchDate 2022-10-31
operator CMSA NERFINISHED
China Manned Space Agency NERFINISHED
orbits Earth NERFINISHED
orbitType low Earth orbit
partOf Tiangong space station NERFINISHED
powerDistribution high-voltage DC bus
primaryLanguage Chinese
purpose Earth observation
international cooperation
long-term human spaceflight
microgravity research
technology demonstration
researchAreas Earth and space observation
combustion science
fluid physics
materials science
space biology
space medicine
role China’s primary long-term human outpost in space
spaceAgency China National Space Administration NERFINISHED
status operational
supportsVehicleDocking Shenzhou crewed spacecraft NERFINISHED
Tianzhou cargo spacecraft NERFINISHED
wentianLaunchDate 2022-07-24

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Tianhe spaceStationSegment Chinese Orbital Segment