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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #660 on: 11/05/2022 04:46 pm »
https://twitter.com/SegerYu/status/1588945758023483393

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The T configuration is completed, and the Hall electric propulsion will start to assist the orbit maintenance of the space station~
At the time of launch, only two 12 L small Xe gas cylinders were carried in the resource module. The previous ignition verification of the thruster and the active potential control of the space station used Xe from these two gas cylinders.
Therefore, these two replaceable 75 L large cylinders need to be installed before starting long-term ignition. The robotic arm can complete the automatic installation, and the astronaut EVA acts as a backup.
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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #661 on: 11/06/2022 07:41 am »
https://twitter.com/cosmic_penguin/status/1589136968667262976

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First shot of the CSS I have seen that clearly shows the T-structure and solar panels post-completion 3 days ago:

twitter.com/estyvkkkfxbmphp/status/1589080942890848256

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Whoa! Shooting success! The CSS that penetrates the clouds is cool! 2022.11.06 Around 10:33 AM, this is a video of the CSS China Space Station tracked in the daytime. Actually, it is flying far above the clouds, but the feeling of penetrating the clouds is a new feeling that is not found in normal astrophotography 🛰🔭📷🐻
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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #662 on: 11/06/2022 02:06 pm »
https://twitter.com/wulei2020/status/1589271847753113602

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A 1:1 duplicate of #ChinaSpaceStation will appear on 14th International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, which is to kick off in #Zhuhai, south #China's #Guangdong Province on Nov. 8th.
My colleagues are there and have taken a closer look of it.
(Credit:  Lyu Lingyu/CASC)

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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #663 on: 11/07/2022 01:37 am »
Astronaut LIU Yang congratulates the 10th anniversary of School of Social Sciences of @Tsinghua_Uni in front of the large square hatch in Mengtian Laboratory Module..

https://twitter.com/CNAstronauts/status/1589193184504340482


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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #664 on: 11/07/2022 06:23 pm »
‘Life-size’ Chinese space station replica unveiled at Zhuhai Airshow 2022:


Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #665 on: 11/08/2022 05:17 am »
Does mengtian module has a stowed RMS??
its just an arm inside one mengtian's experiment cabinet https://twitter.com/shujianyang/status/1589853779251167232

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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #666 on: 11/08/2022 11:56 am »

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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #667 on: 11/09/2022 10:16 am »
Undocking of cargo capsule #Tianzhou4 from #Tiangong space station. It brought supplies for the later arriving #Shenzhou14 crew in May.

https://twitter.com/SpaceIntellige3/status/1590283150697304064

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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #668 on: 11/09/2022 10:26 am »
CASC is designing heat shield for Tianzhou cargo spacecraft to make it reusable, a Weibo account associated to a CASC personnel says https://weibo.com/1971177973/MecMYpNwa

As Tianzhou-5 arrived at the launch pad, Tianzhou-4 is undocking from Tianhe Core Module soon.

https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1590188685471145984

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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #669 on: 11/10/2022 05:47 am »
https://twitter.com/byspto/status/1589319110068162560

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Latest @CNSpaceStation after Mengtian relocation.

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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #670 on: 11/10/2022 10:33 am »
Wentian Laboratory Module is occupied by cargo bags after the departure of Tianzhou-4. AND, it's decorated by some greens ..

https://twitter.com/TiangongStation/status/1590587951280697344

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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #671 on: 11/10/2022 10:37 am »
Shenzhou-14 astronauts will have their 3rd spacewalk before return to earth. Probably, LIU Yang (suit C?) and CAI Xuzhe (suit B?) to carry out the extravehicular activity, so everyone gets two chances

https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1590602012848451584

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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #672 on: 11/10/2022 11:20 am »
https://twitter.com/aj_fi/status/1590679730021625856

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Click the link to take a look at the CASC exhibition at Zhuhai Airshow, including the new reusable Long March 9 model, life size replica of Tiangong space station and on-orbit servicing satellite
https://www.720yun.com/t/76vk6w8hs17#scene_id=102756498

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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #673 on: 11/12/2022 02:24 am »
Vernier shutdown and stage 2 separation - nice view of the aft end of the cargo ship as it floats away in orbit.
Will dock to the aft port of the Tianhe module, probably tomorrow

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1591253212346155010

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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #674 on: 11/12/2022 09:17 am »
Tianzhou-5 docking:


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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #675 on: 11/12/2022 09:19 am »
China's Tianzhou-5 space truck sets world record.

Tianzhou 5 sets record by docking with Tiangong two hours after launch.

10:02 12.11.2022

BEIJING, November 12 - RIA Novosti. China's Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft set a world record on Saturday by docking with the orbital station just over two hours after being launched from the spaceport, China's manned flight program administration said.

The carrier rocket "Changzheng-7-Y6" with the cargo spacecraft "Tianzhou-5" was launched from the Wenchang Cosmodrome on Hainan Island on November 12, 2022 at 10.03 Beijing time (5.03 Moscow time), and already at 12.10 Beijing time (7.10 Moscow time). ) the truck docked with the rear port of the Tianhe main module of the Tiangong space station.

"This mission was the first to achieve autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking in two hours, setting a world record," the agency said in a statement.

It is noted that this technological breakthrough is of great importance for increasing the level of docking in orbit of Chinese spacecraft, as well as for improving the capacity of supplying the space station in emergency situations.

Thanks to the optimization of the rendezvous and docking control strategy, Tianzhou-5 docked with the station almost three times faster than Tianzhou-4 sent to Tiangong in May, then about 6.5 hours passed from launch to completion of docking.

The truck delivered to the station consumables, fuel and equipment necessary for a six-month stay and work in orbit for three astronauts from the Shenzhou-15 spacecraft, who are due to go to the station before the end of the year.

China began construction of the Tiangong National Orbital Station on April 29, 2021, when the Tianhe main module was successfully launched into orbit, the assembly of the station's main configuration was completed on November 3, 2022. The basic configuration of the Tiangong T-shaped station now consists of the main compartment of the Tianhe and two laboratory modules docked with it, Wentian and Mengtian, the three objects together weigh approximately 69 tons.

The total living space of the station reaches approximately 110 cubic meters, it can simultaneously accommodate three astronauts or six people during a crew change. The designed operational resource of the station is designed for 15 years - until 2038. In addition, at the end of 2023, it is planned to launch the Xuntian Autonomous Astrophysical Module with an optical telescope, which will periodically dock with the station for maintenance.

At the moment, the station has a crew of three manned spacecraft Shenzhou-14, which arrived at the Tiangong in July, this is the third crew on board the Chinese orbital station. The Shenzhou 14 crew is expected to take part in the first crew rotation at the Chinese orbital station, after which crew commander Chen Dong, China's first female astronaut Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe, making his first space flight, will return to Earth in December this year. , and the crew of the Shenzhou-15 spacecraft will remain in orbit.

https://ria.ru/20221112/kosmos-1831007255.html

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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #677 on: 11/12/2022 04:22 pm »
Completed CSS operation milestones:

2021
Apr. 29 at 3:23 UTC - launch of Tianhe on CZ-5B
May 29 at 12:55 UTC - launch of Tianzhou 2 on CZ-7
May 29 at 21:01 UTC - docking of Tianzhou 2 with aft port of Tianhe (+propellant transfer)
June 17 at 1:22 UTC - launch of Shenzhou 12 [Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo] on CZ-2F/G
June 17 at 7:54 UTC - docking of Shenzhou 12 [Nie, Liu, Tang] with forward port of Tianhe
July 4 at 0:11–6:57 UTC - spacewalk (EVA-1) from Tianhe airlock (test of new space suits, installation of foot restraints, work platform and exterior panoramic camera, emergency return to airlock training) [Liu, Tang]
Aug. 20 at 0:38–6:33 UTC spacewalk (EVA-2) from Tianhe airlock (installation of external pump assembly, panoramic camera activation, foot restraints & extravehicular working platform installation on the robotic arm) [Nie, Liu]
Sep. 16 at 0:56 UTC - undocking of Shenzhou 12 from forward port of Tianhe (+rendezvous test at nadir port) [Nie, Liu, Tang]
Sep. 17 at 4:45–4:48–5:34 UTC - jettison of OM & deorbit burn & landing of Shenzhou 12 [Nie, Liu, Tang]
Sep. 18 at 2:25~6:25 UTC - undocking of Tianzhou 2 from aft port of Tianhe and docking with forward port of Tianhe (+propellant transfer testing)
Sep. 20 at 7:10 UTC - launch of Tianzhou 3 on CZ-7
Sep. 20 at 14:08 UTC - docking of Tianzhou 3 with aft port of Tianhe
Oct. 15 at 16:23 UTC - launch of Shenzhou 13 on CZ-2F/G [Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, Ye Guangfu]
Oct. 15 at 22:56 UTC - docking of Shenzhou 13 with nadir port of Tianhe [Zhai, Wang, Ye]
Nov. 7 at 10:51–17:16 UTC spacewalk (EVA-3) from Tianhe airlock (testing of new spacesuit, installation of robotic arm adapter/end effector) [Zhai, Wang]
Dec. 26  at 10:44–16:55 UTC spacewalk (EVA-4) from Tianhe airlock (deployment of external camera platform C, object translation movement testing) [Zhai, Ye]

2022
Jan. 5 at 22:12–22:59 UTC - robotic arm relocation testing of Tianzhou 2 (near port side port)
Jan. 7 at 21:56–23:55 UTC - undocking & docking of Tianzhou 2 at forward port of Tianhe (manual docking test)
Mar. 27 at 7:59 UTC - undocking of Tianzhou 2 from forward port of Tianhe for EOM
Mar. 31 at 10:40 UTC - reentry of Tianzhou 2 over the South Pacific
Apr. 14 at 16:44 UTC - undocking of Shenzhou 13 from nadir port of Tianhe [Zhai, Wang, Ye]
Apr. 16 at 1:07–1:09~1:31–1:56 UTC - jettison of OM & deorbit burn & jettison of PM & landing of Shenzhou 13 [Zhai, Wang, Ye]
Apr. 19 at 21:02–01:06 UTC - undocking of Tianzhou 3 from aft port & docking at forward port of Tianhe
May 10 at 17:56 UTC - launch of Tianzhou 4 on CZ-7
May 11 at 0:47 UTC - docking of Tianzhou 4 with aft port of Tianhe
June 5 at 2:44 UTC - launch of Shenzhou 14 on CZ-2F/G [Chen Dong, Liu Yang, Cai Xuzhe]
June 5 at 9:42 UTC - docking of Shenzhou 14 with nadir port of Tianhe [Chen, Liu, Cai]
July 17 at 2:59 UTC - undocking of Tianzhou 3 from forward port of Tianhe for EOM
July 24 at 6:22 UTC - launch of Wentian on CZ-5B
July 24 at 19:08–19:13 UTC - (soft/hard) docking of Wentian at forward port of Tianhe
July 27 at 3:31 UTC - reentry of Tianzhou 3 over the South Pacific
Sep. 2 at 10:26–16:33 UTC - spacewalk (EVA-5) from Wentian airlock (installation of coolant pump on Wentian, raising a panoramic camera and testing of the small robotic arm) [Chen, Liu]
Sep. 17 at 5:35–9:47 UTC - spacewalk (EVA-6) from Wentian airlock (installation of foot restraint B and an assisting hatch handle, installation of a circulating pump and demonstration of extravehicular emergency rescue procedures) [Chen, Cai]
Sep. 30 3:45–4:44 UTC - robotic relocation of Wentian from forward to starboard on Tianhe
Oct. 31 at 7:37 UTC - launch of Mengtian on CZ-5B
October 31 at 20:27 UTC - docking of Mengtian at forward port of Tianhe
Nov. 3 at 0:48–1:32 UTC - robotic relocation of Mengtian from forward to port on Tianhe
Nov. 9 at 6:55 UTC - undocking of Tianzhou 4 from aft port of Tianhe for EOM
Nov. 12 at 2:03 UTC - launch of Tianzhou 5 on CZ-7
Nov. 12 at 4:10 UTC - docking of Tianzhou 5 with aft port of Tianhe
Nov. 13 at 22:02 UTC - deployment of CubeSat Zhixing 3A (智星三号A, SmartSAT 3A) from Tianzhou 4
Nov. 14 23:21 UTC - Reentry of Tianzhou 4
Nov. 17 at 3:16–8:50 UTC - spacewalk (EVA-7) from Wentian airlock (installing an inter-module connecting device (handrail) and raising the Wentian panoramic camera A) [Chen, Cai]

Guesstimated current timeline of upcoming CSS operations:

Nov. 29 at ~3:18 UTC - launch of Shenzhou 15 on CZ-2F/G
Nov. 29 - docking of Shenzhou 15 with forward port of Tianhe
Dec. 15 (NET) - deployment of CubeSat CAS 10 (XW-4) from Mengtian airlock
December - undocking from nadir port & landing of Shenzhou 14 [Chen, Liu, Cai]
April? (NET) - undocking of Tianzhou 5 from aft port of Tianhe for EOM & reentry

Corrections & input welcome!

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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #678 on: 11/13/2022 06:23 am »
https://twitter.com/cnsawatcher/status/1591666172248076289

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“Growth” of Tiangong Space Station (CSS) by Phillip Smith @lordphilip14

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Re: Tiangong - Chinese Space Station
« Reply #679 on: 11/13/2022 02:22 pm »
Can someone explain when this photo was taken and (more importantly) with what?

Per the timeline posted above:

Oct. 31 at 7:37 UTC - launch of Mengtian on CZ-5B
October 31 at 20:27 UTC - docking of Mengtian at forward port of Tianhe
Nov. 3 at 0:48–1:32 UTC - robotic relocation of Mengtian from forward to port on Tianhe
Nov. 9 at 6:55 UTC - undocking of Tianzhou 4 from aft port of Tianhe for EOM

But this photo shows Mengtian on the forward port with Tianzhou 4 attached aft, which means 10/31 - 11/3. So it had to be a small sat or something?

https://twitter.com/wulei2020/status/1591709797992497152?t=tLDdTQRM_Pc9QIyMI98w0A&s=19


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