Commercial Earth Observation Satellite Views | China Space Station
The China Space Station (2021-), officially the Tiangong ("Heavenly Palace") Space Station, is a permanently crewed space station constructed by China and operated by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Tiangong is a modular design, with modules docked together while in low Earth orbit, between 340 and 450 km (210 and 280 mi) above the surface. It is China's first long-term space station, part of the Tiangong program and the core of the "Third Step" of the China Manned Space Program. It has a pressurized volume of 340 m3 (12,000 cu ft), slightly over one third the size of the International Space Station that is shared between the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. China's space station provides opportunities for space-based experiments and serves as a platform for building capacity for scientific and technological innovations. Astronauts from Pakistan are scheduled to become the first international visitors to China's space station.
The first module, the Tianhe ("Harmony of the Heavens") core module, was launched on April 29, 2021. This was followed by multiple crewed and uncrewed missions and the addition of two laboratory cabin modules. The first, Wentian ("Quest for the Heavens"), launched on July 24, 2022; the second, Mengtian ("Dreaming of the Heavens"), launched on October 31, 2022. New station expansion modules are under development.
China launched the Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft on April 24, 2025, sending three astronauts to its orbiting space station for a six-month mission.
Release Date: July 3, 2025
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