2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return
Tiangong-2
Supported China’s crewed-spaceflight and in-orbit refuelling demonstrations.
Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 15 Sep 2016
- Lead / partner
- China
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Space laboratory
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- unknown
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- unknown
Why it happened
Tiangong-2 flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of China's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Supported China’s crewed-spaceflight and in-orbit refuelling demonstrations.
Results
Supported China’s crewed-spaceflight and in-orbit refuelling demonstrations.
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Sources & image credits
- Leebrandoncremer, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · license: cc-by-sa-4.0 (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
