# Tianzhou 3D model

> Shape built from published dimensions and pictures; details simplified.

Free 3D model of Tianzhou, a crewed craft or station, built from published dimensions by Space Radar. 7,536 triangles, 47 kB glTF, MIT.

- **Class:** Stations and crewed craft
- **Mission:** Human spaceflight
- **Triangles:** 7,536
- **File:** tianzhou.glb, 47 kB, glTF 2.0 binary (meshopt)
- **Look:** Flat colours
- **Size:** 15 m across
- **Made:** Built from dimensions
- **Added:** 2026-10-13
- **Download:** https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sara-Managed-Projects/space-radar/main/site/models/tianzhou.glb
- **Mirror:** https://git.sara-agent.org/sara-projects/space-radar/raw/branch/main/site/models/tianzhou.glb
- **Viewer:** https://www.spaceradar.ai/model/?id=tianzhou
- **Licence:** MIT (https://github.com/Sara-Managed-Projects/space-radar/blob/main/LICENSE)
- **Credit:** Tianzhou 3D model by Space Radar (spaceradar.ai), MIT License

Canonical: https://models.spaceradar.ai/tianzhou/

## How it was made

Built in code from published dimensions and photographs, with no image-to-3D generator and no one else’s mesh. 3D model: built by Space Radar from the published dimensions of the Tianzhou cargo ship.

built by this project in code (the private tool model-from-images: assemble.py, from a yaml of primitives), from the cited dimensions and the pictures under `references`; no image-to-3D model was used, and no published mesh

## Dimensions

- Length: 10.6 m
- Cargo diameter: 3.35 m
- Propulsion diameter: 2.8 m
- Span: 14.9 m

Source: CMSA's English page, http://en.cmse.gov.cn/constitutes/cargovehiclesystem/, opened 2026-10-13, carries NO dimensions; the peer-reviewed paper (Lei et al., doi 10.34133/space.0006) answered 403 and WAS NOT READ. CGTN (China's state broadcaster), https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-05-30/China-Space-Station-What-does-Tianzhou-2-cargo-spacecraft-look-like--10GpmuoPgQ0/index.html, opened 2026-10-13: 'It is composed of two segments, a cargo compartment with a diameter of 3.35 meters and a propulsion compartment with a diameter of 2.8 meters.' and 'a length of 10.6 meters and a width of 14.9 meters when its two solar arrays are fully deployed'. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianzhou_(spacecraft), infobox, opened 2026-10-13: 'length = 10.6 m', 'diameter = 3.35 m', 'span = 14.9 m'; https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/天舟货运飞船, opened 2026-10-13: '推进舱两侧各有一翼半刚性太阳能帆板三板' (a wing of three semi-rigid panels on each side of the propulsion module). NOT CITED: the length of either module (built: 0.5 m of docking mechanism, 6.0 m of cargo module with its dome, a 0.6 m cone, 3.5 m of propulsion module), the wings' 2.2 m width, every antenna

## References

- [Tianzhou Rendering](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tianzhou_Rendering.png), Shujianyang, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0 (read on the file's page; 'own work'); NOT REPRODUCED)