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What is the News?
China has launched the main module Tianhe, or the “Heavenly Harmony” of its first permanent space station Tiangong.
About Tianhe or Heavenly Harmony module:
- Tianhe is the core module of China’s permanent space station. Tiangong Space Station is its name.
- The module was launched into space aboard a Long March 5B rocket from the Wenchang Launch Center in China.
- The module consists of three sections:
- The habitable living quarter,
- The non-habitable service section,
- A docking hub.
- Functions of the Module:
- The Module provides life support and living quarters for three crew members.
- Further, the module also provides guidance, navigation and orientation control for the station.
- It also provides the station’s power, propulsion and life support systems.
- Significance: This module is the first of the 11 missions to build and supply the permanent space station.
About Tiangong Space Station:
- It is a planned Chinese Permanent space station to be placed in Low Earth orbit.
- The Space Station roughly will have one-fifth the mass of the International Space Station. Also, It will be the size of the decommissioned Russian Mir space station.
- The operations of the station will be controlled by the Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center in China.
Source: The Hindu
