# Tianzhou at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station): deployment

Canonical ID: `c53666ec-3f99-465f-860d-84445e392c69`

Tianzhou robotic cargo spacecraft conducting regular resupply missions to the Tiangong space station since Tianzhou-3 in September 2021. Four cargo resupply missions completed as of 2026.

## Key facts

- **Cargo capacity:** ~6.5 tons dry cargo + ~2 tons propellant

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** tianzhou-low-earth-orbit
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Tianzhou](/models/tianzhou.md) (id: `523c22cf-3ef8-40a7-aa1c-0846b93d090f`)
- **Company:** [China Manned Space Agency](/companies/china-manned-space-agency.md) (id: `4df8215d-b374-435c-9948-ab9b66a38a5c`)
- **Location:** [Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station)](/locations/low-earth-orbit.md) (id: `c2b414a6-3f5d-4862-8aee-c7bf3198b271`)
- **Operator:** [China Manned Space Agency](/companies/china-manned-space-agency.md) (id: `4df8215d-b374-435c-9948-ab9b66a38a5c`)
- **First seen:** 2021-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **Tiangong space station - Wikipedia** · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station · 2021-09-20

## Common questions

### What is the Tianzhou deployment at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station)?

Tianzhou, built by China Manned Space Agency, is recorded as a deployment at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station) on the DEPLOY registry. China Manned Space Agency operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Tianzhou at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station)?

China Manned Space Agency, the manufacturer of Tianzhou, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Tianzhou deployment at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station) go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting September 20, 2021 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Tianzhou deployment at Low Earth Orbit (Tiangong Space Station)?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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