Official name TIANZHOU 2
Alternative name Tianzhou-2
Cospar ID 2021-046A
Norad ID 48803
Launch date 2021-05-29
Launch site WSC
Launch vehicle CZ-7
Country/Organization China
Type application Supply, cargo
Operator CNSA
RCS size LARGE
Decay date 2022-03-31
Shape Step Cyl + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 12910
Diameter (m) 3.35
Height (m) 9
Span (m^2) 9
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

Tianzhou 1 (TZ 1) is the first Chinese cargo spacecraft to service the Tiangong 2 and follow on space stations.

The supply spacecraft is based on the Tiangong design. Tiangong will be launched on CZ-7 rockets from Wenchang.

The maiden flight, Tianzhou 1, was launched in April 2017 to test operations with the experimental Tiangong 2 space station.

The second flight, Tianzhou 2 in 2021 will dock with the next station, the modular Chinese Space Station (CSS). The third and fourth will follow in 2022 and 2023.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
TIANZHOU 1 2017-021A 2017-04-20 WSC CZ-7 with SilkRoad-1 01
TIANZHOU 2 2021-046A 2021-05-29 WSC CZ-7
TIANZHOU 3 2021-085A 2021-09-20 WSC CZ-7
TIANZHOU 4 2022-050A 2022-05-09 WSC CZ-7 with Zhixing 3A