Tiangong ruimtestation
Also known as CSS, TG, China Space Station, Tiangong
Chinese space station in low Earth orbit
Key facts
- Crew
- Size: 3 Current expedition : 11 ( Shenzhou 23 ) Current commander: Zhu Yangzhu
- Launch
- 29 April 2021 ( Tianhe ) 24 July 2022 ( Wentian ) 31 October 2022 ( Mengtian )
- Launch pad
- Wenchang , LC-101
- Mass
- ~100,000 kg (220,000 lb)
- Length
- ~55.6 m (182 ft)
- Diameter
- ~39 m (128 ft)
- Pressurised volume
- 340 m (12,000 ft ) Habitable: 122 m (4,310 ft )
- Periapsis altitude
- 386.4 km (240.1 mi)
- Apoapsis altitude
- 391.8 km (243.5 mi)
- Orbital inclination
- 41.47°
- Orbital speed
- 7.67 km/s (27,600 km/h; 17,200 mph)
- Orbital period
- 92.3 minutes