Tiangong 1

 2011-053A

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8500 kg spacelab launched by CZ-2FT1 (Changzheng er hao F T1). Step cyl + 2 panels.

SZ-9 expedition: 3 crew aboard for 10 days. Docked time 9d 17h 37m in two phases. SZ-10 expedition: 3 crew aboard for 11 days. Docked time 11d 16h 20m in two phases.

Total docked time 21d 10h. Estimated human consumables 14 kg solid 130 kg liquid.

Propulsion - Isp of FY-25 is 309s, assume TG-1 propulsion similar, so Ve = 3030 m/s.

TG1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2011 Sep 29	1316:03	Launch by CZ-2F	Jiuquan
		T+2:35 Booster sep
		T+2:40 Stage 1 sep
		T+2:40? Stage 2 burn
	1320?	Fairing sep
	1325?	Stage 2 cutoff
	1325	Stage 2 sep
			89.82 198 x 332 x 42.8 (TLE)
			200 x 346 (PRC)
	1758	DV1 Orbit raise 4m/s	200 x 355 (PRC)
			89.94 197 x 345 x 42.8 (TLE)
2011 Sep 30
	0809	DV2 Orbit raise 43m/s	355 x 362
2011 Oct 10			91.34 333 x 336 x 42.8
2011 Oct 25			91.21 327 x 340 x 42.8
2011 Oct 25	1815?	Trim 1 m/s	91.24 330 x 340 x 42.8
2011 Oct 30	0300?	Trim 0.5m/s	91.23 329 x 340 x 42.8
2011 Nov 2	1729	Shenzhou 8 docked
2011 Nov 3			91.19 327 x 337 x 42.8
2011 Nov 3	2120?	Trim 1 m/s	91.23 329 x 339 x 42.8
2011 Nov 14	1127	Shenzhou 8 undocked
	1153	Shenzhou 8 redocked
2011 Nov 16	1029	Shenzhou 8 undocked
2011 Nov 18			91.10 326 x 330 x 42.8
	0335?	Raise orbit 9m/s	91.41 330 x 358? x 42.8
	0421?	Raise orbit 13m/s	91.88 355 x 378 x 42.8
2011 Nov 18	1125?	Raise orbit 4m/s	92.01 368 x 377 x 42.8
2012 Jan 28			91.71 351 x 365 x 42.8
2012 Mar 23			91.46 338 x 354 x 42.8
2012 Mar 23	0140?	Orbit raise 7m/s	91.71 352 x 363 x 42.8
2012 Jun 13			91.08 319 x 335 x 42.8
2012 Jun 13	2130?	Orbit raise 4m/s	91.20 328 x 338 x 42.8
2012 Jun 14	1630?	Orbit trim 1m/s	91.23 330 x 340 x 42.8
2012 Jun 18	0608	Shenzhou 9 docked (3 crew)
	0907	Crew entry
2012 Jun 21	1000?	Orbit trim 0.2m/s
2012 Jun 24	0009?	Crew to SZ9
2012 Jun 24	0309	SZ-9 undocked
	0449	SZ-9 redocked
	0749?	Crew to Tiangong
2012 Jun 27	2237	Crew to Shenzhou, HC
2012 Jun 28			91.16 326 x 335 x 42.8
	0122	SZ-9 undocked
	0300?	SZ-9 rerendezvous
	0435?	SZ-9 depart
2012 Jun 28	1100?	Orbit raise 3 m/s	91.26 334 x 338 x 42.8
	1230?	Orbit raise 5 m/s	91.43 334 x 355 x 42.8
2012 Jun 28	2200?	Orbit raise, 9 m/s prep for 2013 mission	91.74 354 x 365 x 42.8
2012 Jul		Begin orbit maintenance burns
2012 Aug 30			91.54 344 x 355 x 42.8
2012 Aug 30	1100?	Orbit raise 6.2m/s	91.76 352 x 368 x 42.8
2012 Oct 15			91.52 345 x 352 x 42.8
2012 Oct 15	1300?	Orbit raise 5.5m/s	91.73 345 x 373 x 42.8
2012 Oct 15	1830?	Orbit raise 6.5 m/s	91.96 367 x 373 x 42.8
2012 Oct 30			91.89 364 x 369 x 42.8
2013 Feb 4			91.50 347 x 349 x 42.8
	1045?	Orbit raise 6.5m/s	91.73 348 x 370 x 42.8
2013 Feb 5	1620?	Orbit raise 3.5m/s	91.86 361 x 369 x 42.8
2013 Jun 9			91.12 320 x 337 x 42.8
	1530?	Orbit raise 3m/s	91.22 329 x 339 x 42.9
2013 Jun 13	0511	SZ-10 docked
	0817	Crew entry (3 crew)
2013 Jun 22	2126?	Crew to Shenzhou
2013 Jun 23	0026	Undocked
	0200	Redocked
	0509	HO to TG1, 3 crew
2013 Jun 24	2107	HC
	2305	Undocked
2013 Jun 25	0025	SZ10 rerendezvous
	0100?	SZ10 depart
2013 Jun 25			91.14 327 x 334 x 42.8
2013 Jun 25	0550?	Orbit raise 8m/s	91.42 332 x 355 x 42.8
2013 Jun 26	0220?	Orbit raise 9.5m/s	91.76 355 x 365 x 42.8
2013 Sep 11			91.46 342 x 349 x 42.8
	1330?	Orbit raise 7m/s?	91.71 350 x 366 x 42.8
	1415?	Orbit raise 1.5m/s	91.75 354 x 366 x 42.8
2013 Oct 31			91.50 353 x 353 x 42.8
	1200?	Orbit raise 5m/s?	91.78? 351 x 372 x 42.8
	1245?	Orbit raise 5m/s?	91.96 369 x 372 x 42.8
2014 Feb 18			91.31 331 x 346 x 42.8
	0720?	Orbit raise 11m/s	91.71 330 x 385 x 42.8
2014 Feb 19	0825?	Orbit raise 13m/s	92.16 373 x 387 x 42.8
2014 Jul 16			91.40 333 x 352 x 42.8
2014 Jul 17	0925?	Orbit raise 8m/s	91.95 362 x 378 x 42.8
2014 Jul 18	0800?	Orbit raise 3m/s	92.07 373 x 378 x 42.8
2014 Nov 25			91.40 336 x 349 x 42.8
	1255?	Orbit raise 14.2m/s?	91.90 350 x 386 x 42.8
2014 Nov 26	0355?	Orbit raise 11m/s?	92.16 369 x 391 x 42.8
2015 Apr 9			91.37 334 x 348 x 42.8
	0215?	Orbit raise 12m/s /	91.80 336 x 389 x 42.8
2015 Apr 10	0345?	Orbit raise 18m/s	92.41 384 x 400 x 42.8
2015 Dec 15			91.75 349 x 371 x 42.8
2015 Dec 15	0715?	Orbit raise 11m/s	92.14 370 x 388 x 42.8
2015 Dec 16	0840?	Orbit raise 9m/s	92.47 388 x 402 x 42.8
2016 Mar 21		End of operations
2016 Mar 31			92.27 377 x 394 x 42.8
2016 Jul 11			92.09 366 x 386 x 42.8
2018 Apr 2	0016	Reentered near Samoa