21 March 2016
After an operational orbit of 1,630 days, China's first space lab Tiangong-1 terminated its data service, the Manned Space Engineering Office - CMSA - said 21 March 2016. The functions of the space laboratory and target orbiter have been disabled after an extended service period of about two and a half years, although it remains in designed orbit. Tiangong-1 was launched in September 2011 with a design life of two years. During its extended flight, Tiangong-1 conducted experiments on space technology, space-earth remote sensing and space environment exploration.
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