Tag: Tianzhou
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Tianzhou-10 Delivers 6.9 Tons to Tiangong Station
How quickly can China resupply its orbital outpost? China’s Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft delivered 6.9 tons of supplies to the Tiangong space station Sunday, completing an autonomous docking sequence in just 6.5 hours after launch from Wenchang Space Launch Center. The Long March 7 rocket lifted off at 21:22 UTC, with the cargo vessel securing to…
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China prepares cargo, crew, and deep space missions, as commercial sector steps towards reusability
China is preparing to launch both cargo and crew missions to its Tiangong space station, as a new cargo freighter is tested in low-Earth orbit and new designs are revealed to expand the orbiting outpost. Celebrating 70 years since the foundation of its space program this year, China is also advancing plans for deep space…
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Launch Preview: three launches — a calm before the storm?
Two Falcon 9 launches and a Chang Zheng 7 make up the launch roster for the week commencing Monday, May 4, 2026. SpaceX will use its launches to place a further 48 Starlink satellites into Group 17 of the huge constellation of over 7,000 satellites. China’s single flight is a cargo supply mission to the…
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Launch Roundup: Chinese cargo resupply mission, Falcon 9 launches Kuiper satellites
This week features several missions scheduled to launch from sites all around the world. China has launched its latest cargo resupply mission to the Tiangong space station, while Gilmour Space had expected to attempt the maiden launch of its Eris rocket from Australia – this is now delayed into next week. As usual, SpaceX is…
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China Roundup: Tiangong cargo supply contracts awarded; Shenzhou’s 25th anniversary
This week’s Tianzhou 8 mission has delivered supplies to the three taikonauts who recently arrived at the Tiangong Space Station on the Shenzhou 19 mission. The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has announced two commercial contracts to service the station with cargo resupply missions in the future via two new vehicle designs. Meanwhile, progress continues…
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Rocket Report: A new estimate of Starship costs; Japan launches spy satellite
Welcome to Edition 6.27 of the Rocket Report! This week, we discuss an intriguing new report looking at Starship. Most fascinating, the report covers SpaceX’s costs to build a Starship and how these costs will come down as the company ramps up its build and launch cadence. At the other end of the spectrum, former…
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Chinese cargo ship launches to resupply space station
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after docking of Tianzhou 6 with the Tiangong space station. Six kerosene-fueled engines on the Long March 7 rocket generated 1.6 million pounds of thrust at full power. Credit: CCTV China’s space station received delivery of fresh supplies, experiments, and fuel after the launch of the Tianzhou 6 cargo ship Wednesday aboard a…
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China launches resupply mission, lands space plane, and readies methane rocket
China plans to continue its ongoing supply chain for the Tiangong Space Station (TSS) by launching the Tianzhou-6 mission. The launch occurred at 13:25 UTC on May 10 and lofted a Tianzhou capsule on top of a Chang Zheng 7 (Long March 7). See Also Chinese Launchers Forum NSF Store Click here to Join L2…
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China launches two times in four hours and brings cargo to the TSS
China successfully launched the Tianzhou-5 mission to the Tiangong Space Station for cargo resupply. The mission launched at 02:03 UTC on Friday, Nov. 11 on a Chang Zheng 7 (Long March 7 in English) and docked at the Tiangong Space Station (TSS) at 04:10 UTC. The launch was conducted from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center,…
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Tianzhou 4 cargo launch to begin busy space station year for China
China has launched the Tianzhou 4 cargo resupply mission on Monday, May 9 at 17:56 UTC (13:56 EDT) to the Tiangong space station. The Tianzhou spacecraft flew on a Chang Zheng 7 (Long March 7) rocket from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan, China, to an approximate 389.5 x 395 km orbit with an…