Tiangong space station
Chinese space station in low Earth orbit
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Summary
Tiangong space station is a space station[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of space station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,663 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: space laboratory[3], artificial satellite of the Earth[4]
- Operator: China National Space Administration[5]
- Follows: Tiangong-2[6]
- Part of: Tiangong program[7]
- Has use: research[8]
- Commons category: Tiangong space station[9]
- Parent astronomical body: Earth[10]
- Country of origin: People's Republic of China[11]
- Type of orbit: low Earth orbit[12]
- Has part(s): Tianhe[13], Wentian[14], Mengtian[15]
- Inception: April 29, 2021[16]
- UTC date of spacecraft launch: April 29, 2021[17], July 24, 2022[18]
- Significant event: rocket launch[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tiangong space station[20]
- Maximum capacity: 6 passenger[21]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.007[22]
- Short name: CSS[23]
- Length: 55.6 m[24]
- Orbital inclination: 41.58 degree[25]
- Mass: 100,000 kg[26]
- Orbital period: 92.2 minutes[27]
- Volume as quantity: 122 cubic metre[28]
- Apoapsis: 395 km[29]
- Periapsis: 389.5 km[30]
- Diameter: 39 m[31]
Why It Matters
Tiangong space station has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]