Tianzhou-5

Tianzhou-5 cargo spacecraft launched from Wenchang carrying 6.7 tonnes of supplies and propellant for the Tiangong space station and its incoming Shenzhou-15 crew, docking with the complex just under two hours after liftoff, the fastest such rendezvous on record at the time.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

18.2 T

Flight

5th

of 10 Long March 7 flights

Date and time

12 November 2022, 02:03 UTC

Rocket

Long March 7

Builder

CASC

Launch site

201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Payload

Resupply

International designator

2022-152

Launches in 2022

157th of 186

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