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TIANGONG-1

NORAD 37820 · Payload · Reentered 2018-04-02

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Launched
2011-09-29 · Jiuquan, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Space station mission
Mass
8,500 kg
Size
10.4 × 3.3 m · 18.4 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
145 × 152 km
Inclination
42.7°
Period
87.3 min
Eccentricity
0.0005
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit
Constellation
Space Stations

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.