Tianzhou is made by China Manned Space Agency, based in Beijing, China, founded in 1992.

Where is Tianzhou deployed?

1 verified deployment of Tianzhou is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

What is Tianzhou's maturity stage?

Tianzhou is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.

Robot model

Tianzhou

Name: Tianzhou
Brand: China Manned Space Agency

Autonomous cargo spacecraft performing fast autonomous rendezvous-and-docking with the Tiangong space station.

Tianzhou is a space robot built by China Manned Space Agency. · Documented in 1 deployment in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Track TianzhouEmail on verified state changes. Cap-flags flow through.

Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /models/tianzhou.md
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/models/523c22cf-3ef8-40a7-aa1c-0846b93d090f
Revision history: /models/tianzhou/history
Data documentation: /data
Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP

Form factor: space
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Deployments: 1
ID: 523c22cf-3ef8-40a7-aa1c-0846b93d090f

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Specs

role: cargo spacecraft
autonomy: autonomous fast rendezvous + docking

Recent deployments (1)

Tianzhou at Low Earth Orbit (LEO)Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.

PRIMARY SOURCE

Courtesy of CGTN

Chinese state broadcaster (CGTN) explainer on the Tianzhou cargo spacecraft's rapid autonomous rendezvous and docking with the Tiangong space station. An operating program, attributed to the CNSA. State-affiliated: CGTN is a Chinese state broadcaster, and no independent maker channel exists.

Sources (1)

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202211/1279331.shtml

Common questions

What is Tianzhou?: Autonomous cargo spacecraft performing fast autonomous rendezvous-and-docking with the Tiangong space station.
Who makes Tianzhou?: Tianzhou is made by China Manned Space Agency, based in Beijing, China, founded in 1992.
Where is Tianzhou deployed?: 1 verified deployment of Tianzhou is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
What is Tianzhou's maturity stage?: Tianzhou is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-05

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-05

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: space

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.