flown missionSuccess
Long March 5B | Wentian
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation101 — Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Wentian
- Type
- Human Exploration
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Long March 5B
- Family
- Long March
- Variant
- B
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Type
- Government
- Country
- CHN
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launch site
- Pad
- 101
- Location
- Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
- Country
- CHN
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 19.6143, 110.9510