Tiangong-2
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Tiangong-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.
Key facts
- Space station.station
- Tiangong-2天宫二号
- Space station.station_image
- Tianzhou-1 and Tiangong-2 rendering.jpg
- Space station.station_image_caption
- A rendering of Tianzhou 1 (left) docked to Tiangong 2.
- Space station.station_image_size
- 300px
- Space station.configuration_image
- Tiangong_1_drawing_(cropped).png
- Space station.configuration_caption
- Plan diagram of Tiangong 2 with solar panels extended
- Space station.COSPAR_ID
- 2016-057A
- Space station.SATCAT
- 41765
- Space station.crew
- 2 (from Shenzhou 11)19 October – 17 November 2016
- Space station.launch
- 15 September 2016,14:04:09 UTC
- Space station.launch_pad
- Jiuquan, LA-4 / SLS-1
- Space station.carrier_rocket
- Long March 2F/G
- Space station.reentry
- 19 July 2019
- Space station.inclination
- 42.79°
- Space station.period
- 92.0 minutes
- Space station.occupied
- 26 days 11.3 hours
- Space station.as_of
- 22 September 2016
- Chinese.title
- Tiangong-2
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Tiangong program
- Country
- China
- Series
- Tiangong program
- Followed by
- Tiangong space station
- Follows
- Tiangong-1
- Parent body
- Earth
- Diameter
- 3.35
- Mass
- 8.6
- Orbital period
- 92
- Image
- Model of the Chinese Tiangong Shenzhou.jpg
- Width
- 18.4
- Length
- 10.4
- Significant event
- atmospheric entry
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- maximum capacity
- 2
- crew members
- Chen Dong
- Commons category
- Tiangong-2
- space launch vehicle
- Long March 2F
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2016-09-15
- time of object orbit decay
- 2019-07-19
- orbital inclination
- 4279
- volume as quantity
- 14
- periapsis
- 369.65
- apoapsis
- 378.4
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Dimensions
- Further developments
- See also
- References
- External links
Tiangong-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.
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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