Tiangong 2
| Tiangong 2 | |
|---|---|
 Models of Tiangong 2 (left) and a Shenzhou spaceship (right) |
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| Dimensions in the final stage | |
| Length: | 10.4 m |
| Dimensions: | approx. 8600 kg |
| Orbit | |
| Apogee height : | 393 km |
| Perigee height : | 381 km |
| Orbit inclination : | 42.8 ° |
| Rotation time : | approx. 92 min |
| COSPAR designation : | 2016-057A |
Tiangong 2 ( Chinese 天宮 二號 / 天宫 二号 , Pinyin Tiāngōng Èrhào - "Heavenly Palace 2") was the second space station of the People's Republic of China after Tiangong 1 . It was in space from September 15, 2016 to July 19, 2019. A new, larger Chinese space station should be built from 2020 at the earliest .
construction
The fuselage of the space station was 10.4 meters long and consisted of a crew and a service module, both cylindrical , which were connected by a 1.1 meter long transition.
The crew module was 5 meters long and 3.35 meters in diameter. Among other things, it contained devices for scientific experiments and controls for the space station. It also had a coupling adapter for Shenzhou and Tianzhou spaceships. Two windows gave the crew a view of space and the earth.
The service module was approximately 3.3 meters long with a diameter of 2.5 meters. In particular, it contained the station's propulsion system, which had been taken over from the Shenzhou spacecraft. Two solar modules for power supply were attached outside . The oxygen and water supplies necessary for life support were located in the transition between the two modules.
use
Tiangong 2 was placed into orbit on September 15, 2016 by a Long March 2F rocket . The launch took place at 16:04 CEST from the Jiuquan Cosmodrome .
On October 18, 2016 , the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft docked . The Chinese Taikonauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong formed the first and only crew of the space station. They stayed on board for 29 days, setting a new Chinese record.
The unmanned space freighter Tianzhou-1 was docked from April 22 to June 21, 2017 . Among other things, the filling of the space station's fuel tanks was tested. Another docking of the same spaceship took place on September 12, 2017.
In July 2019, Tiangong-2 was brought down in a controlled manner. After several targeted orbit lowering maneuvers, the space station entered the earth's atmosphere on July 19, 2019 at 3:06 p.m. CEST . Most of it burned up from the heat during and after reentry ; According to the Chinese authorities, smaller remains fell in the South Pacific .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Tiangong / Shenzhou: China's Human Spaceflight Program / Tianzhou Cargo Spaceship. In: eoPortal. ESA, accessed July 19, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c orbit data to Tiangong 2. N2YO, October 21, 2016, accessed on October 21, 2016 (English).
- ^ Andrew Jones: Chinese space program insights emerge from National People's Congress. In: Spacenews. April 2, 2018, accessed January 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Rui C. Barbosa: China launches Tiangong-2 orbital module. nasaspaceflight.com, September 15, 2016, accessed September 15, 2016 .
- ↑ n-tv: China's "Shenzhou 11" manages record flight. n-tv.de, November 18, 2016, accessed December 15, 2016 .
- ↑ n-tv: space freighter connects to "Himmelspalast". n-tv.de, April 22, 2017, accessed on April 22, 2017 .
- ^ Andrew Jones: Tianzhou-1 and Tiangong-2 undock, enter free flight phase. gbtimes, June 21, 2017, accessed June 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Xinhua: China's cargo spacecraft completes second in-orbit refueling. June 15, 2017, accessed June 20, 2017 .
- ↑ China's Tianzhou-1 cargo craft and Tiangong-2 space lab perform final orbital docking. In: GB Times. September 12, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2019 .
- ^ Tiangong-2 Space Laboratory Successfully Reentered into Atmosphere under Control. In: cmse.gov.cn. July 19, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2019 .
- ↑ 【再见 ， 天宫 二号】 天宫 二号 受控 再入 大气层 空间 实验室 任务 圆满 完成. In: news.cctv.com. China Central Television , July 19, 2019, accessed July 19, 2019 (Chinese).