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Beijing

Tiangong-1 ends data service

After an operational orbit of 1,630 days, China's first space lab, Tiangong-1, terminated its data service, the manned space engineering office said on Monday. 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 its designed orbit, according to the office. Tiangong-1 was launched in September 2011 with a design life of two years.