Tianzhou 5

{{Short description|2022 Chinese resupply spaceflight to the Tiangong Space Station}}

{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Tianzhou 5

| names_list =

| image = File:Tianzhou Rendering.png

| image_caption = A Tianzhou 3D model

| image_alt = Tianzhou 1 model

| image_size = 300px

| mission_type = Tiangong space station resupply

| operator = CNSA

| COSPAR_ID =

| SATCAT =

| website = {{url|www.cnsa.gov.cn}}

| mission_duration = {{time interval|12 November 2022 02:03|12 September 2023 02:13|show=dhm}}

| spacecraft = Tianzhou-5

| spacecraft_type = Tianzhou

| spacecraft_bus =

| manufacturer = China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

| launch_mass = {{convert|13500|kg|abbr=on}}

| dry_mass =

| payload_mass = {{convert|6700|kg|abbr=on}}

| dimensions = {{cvt|10.6|x|3.35|m}}

| power = 2

| space_station = Tiangong space station

| arrival_craft =

| departure_craft =

| launch_date = 12 November 2022, 02:03 UTC{{cite tweet |number=1571508906068963333 |author=China Spaceflight |user=CNSpaceflight |title=The next cargo spacecraft to resupply China Space Station, Tianzhou-5, has arrived at Wenchang for launch on Nov. 06. It also carries a 4U cubesat CAS-10 (XW-4) and will deploy on ~Dec. 15. |date= 18 September 2022}}

| launch_rocket = Long March 7

| launch_site = Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, LC-2

| launch_contractor = China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology

| entered_service =

| disposal_type = Deorbited

| decay_date = 12 September 2023, 02:13 UTC

| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit

| orbit_regime = Low Earth orbit

| orbit_periapsis =

| orbit_apoapsis =

| orbit_inclination = 41.5°

| orbit_period =

| apsis = gee

| docking = {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = Tiangong space station

| docking_type = Dock

| docking_port = Tianhe Aft port

| docking_date = 12 November 2022, 04:10 UTC

| undocking_date = 5 May 2023, 07:26 UTC

| time_docked = {{time interval|12 November 2022 04:10|5 May 2023 07:26|show=dhm}}

}}

{{Infobox spaceflight/Dock

| docking_target = Tiangong space station (Relocation)

| docking_type = dock

| docking_port = Tianhe Forward port{{efn|Tianzhou-5 was free flying until the departure of Shenzhou-15, and then docked at Tiangong's forward port.}}

| docking_date = 5 June 2023, 19:10 UTC

| undocking_date = 11 September 2023, 08:46 UTC

| time_docked = {{time interval|5 June 2023 19:10|11 September 2023 08:46|show=dhm}}

}}

| cargo_mass =

| cargo_mass_press =

| cargo_mass_unpress =

| cargo_mass_fuel =

| cargo_mass_gas =

| cargo_mass_water =

| insignia =

| insignia_caption =

| insignia_size =

| programme = Tiangong program

| previous_mission = Mengtian module

| next_mission = Shenzhou 15

| programme2 = Tianzhou program

| previous_mission2 = Tianzhou 4

| next_mission2 = Tianzhou 6

}}

Tianzhou 5 ({{zh|c = {{linktext|天|舟|五|号}} }}) was the fifth mission of the Tianzhou-class uncrewed cargo spacecraft, and the fourth resupply mission to the Tiangong Space Station. Like previous Tianzhou missions, the spacecraft was launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan, China on a Long March 7 rocket.{{Cite web |title=Rocket for Tianzhou 5 arrives at launch site |url=https://www.chinadailyhk.com/article/294359#Rocket-for-Tianzhou-5-arrives-at-launch-site |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=chinadailyhk |language=en}} It was successfully placed into orbit on 12 November and docked to the Tiangong space station on the same day. The rendezvous and docking process lasted 2 hours and 7 minutes, setting a world record for the fastest rendezvous and docking between a spacecraft and a space station, surpassing Soyuz MS-17's 3 hours and 3 minutes.{{cite web|title=Why China’s Tianzhou 5 spacecraft launch is of global significance|url=https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3200653/why-chinas-tianzhou-5-spacecraft-launch-global-significance|publisher=SCMP|access-date=30 April 2023}}

File:小新带你去海南文昌看火箭发射现场1.png