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| Mission type | Tiangong space station resupply |
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| Operator | China National Space Administration |
| COSPAR ID | 2025-149A |
| SATCATno. | 64786 |
| Mission duration | 128 days, 12 hours and 27 minutes(in progress) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Tianzhou-9 |
| Spacecraft type | Tianzhou |
| Manufacturer | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
| Launch mass | 14,000 kg (31,000 lb) |
| Payload mass | 7,400 kg (16,300 lb) |
| Dimensions | 10.6 m × 3.35 m (34.8 ft × 11.0 ft) |
| Power | 2 |
| Expedition | |
| Space station | Tiangong space station |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 14 July 2025, 21:34 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Long March 7 |
| Launch site | Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, LC-201 |
| Contractor | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 41.5° |
| Docking withTiangong space station | |
| Docking port | Tianhe aft |
| Docking date | 15 July 2025, 00:52 UTC |
| Time docked | 128 days, 9 hours and 9 minutes(in progress) |
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Tianzhou 9 (Chinese:天舟九号) is the ninth mission of theTianzhou-class uncrewed cargospacecraft, and the eighth resupply mission to theTiangong Space Station. Like previous Tianzhou missions, the spacecraft was launched from theWenchang Satellite Launch Center inHainan, China on aLong March 7 rocket. It carried the heaviest payload ever delivered by a Chinese cargo spacecraft.[2]
The Tianzhou 9 cargo resupply craft launched on 14 July 2025 at 21:34UTC, docking with the Tiangong space station some three hours later on15 July 2025 at 00:52 UTC.[3] It resupplied theShenzhou 20 mission, which is expected to return to Earth by November 2025.[4]
The craft delivered nearly 6,500 kg of supplies including propellant, over 700 kg of science experiments, crew necessities and two new, improved model spacesuits.[3][2]
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