Tianzhou-8

Tianzhou-8 cargo spacecraft launched from Wenchang, delivering about 6,000 kg of supplies to the Tiangong space station, including bricks made from lunar regolith simulant for external exposure experiments. It docked with the station about three hours after liftoff.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

18.9 T

Flight

8th

of 10 Long March 7 flights

Date and time

15 November 2024, 15:13 UTC

Rocket

Long March 7

Builder

CASC

Launch site

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

Payload

Resupply

International designator

2024-211

Launches in 2024

217th of 263

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