# Tianzhou: robot model

Canonical ID: `523c22cf-3ef8-40a7-aa1c-0846b93d090f`

- **Slug:** tianzhou
- **Form factor:** space
- **Maturity stage:** production
- **Lifecycle:** active
- **Deployments registered:** 1

## Specs

- **role:** cargo spacecraft
- **autonomy:** autonomous fast rendezvous + docking

## Deployments

- [tianzhou-tiangong](/deployments/tianzhou-tiangong.md) at Low Earth Orbit (LEO) (id: `b486b0e3-9573-4e83-8152-fae0bea8e67d`)

## Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

_Manufacturer-supplied at the model level; not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker._

- **video**: [Tianzhou cargo spacecraft rapid docking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxNWRBA7pf8). _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.


## Supply chain

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this model's suppliers._

_Suppliers appear when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## 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.


## Sources (1)

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

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