Stations
CSS (TIANHE)
China's permanent space station
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China's Tiangong space station — completed in 2022 and permanently crewed. At roughly one-fifth the size of the ISS, it is the world's second active crewed station.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 245–247 mi (395–398 km)
- Inclination
- 41.5°
- One orbit
- 92.3 minutes15.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 48274
- Int’l designator
- 2021-035A
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.