Core Cabin Module
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| Part of: | Chinese space station |
| Launch date: | Planned: 2018 |
| Launch vehicle: | LM-5 |
| Mass: | 22 t (24 tons) |
| Length: | 18.1 m (59 ft) |
The Tianhe (Chinese: 天和; pinyin: Tiān Hé; literally: "Harmony of the Heavens"), code name TH, or Core Cabin Module (CCM) is the foundation element of the Chinese space station, as the final stage of Project 921 Tiangong program, part of the Chinese space program. The CCM follows the Salyut and Almaz series, Cosmos 557, Skylab, Mir, ISS, Tiangong 1 and Tiangong 2 space stations. It is the first part of a third generation modular space station. Other examples of modular station projects include the Soviet/Russian Mir, Russian OPSEK and International Space Station. Operations will be controlled from the Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center in the People's Republic of China.
The Core Module provides life support and living quarters for three crew members, and provides guidance, navigation, and orientation control for the station. The module also provides the station’s power, propulsion, and life support systems. The module consists of three sections: the habitable living quarter, the nonhabitable service section, and a docking hub.
The living quarters will contain a kitchen and toilet, fire control equipment, atmospheric processing and control equipment, computers, scientific apparatus, communications equipment to see and hear ground control in Beijing, and other equipment. It will also have a small robotic arm, similar to the MIR Lyappa arm to move the modules to different ports.
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