Long March 5B | Wentian

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (Government)
• Rocket: Long March 5B — Long March family

Mission

Wentian is the first Laboratory Cabin Module (LCM) and second major component of the Chinese spacestation. It will provide additional navigation avionics, propulsion and orientation control as backup functions for the Core Cabin Module (CCM) as well as a pressurized environment for researchers to conduct science experiments in zero gravity.

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: 101
• Location: Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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Program

• Tiangong space station — The Tiangong space station is a space station placed in Low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km above the surface. (Wikipedia)