 In 2008, the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) released a brief description of Tiangong-1, along with its larger successor modules, Tiangong-2 and Tiangong-3.A model of the space station was revealed in the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration program on CCTV on 25 January 2009.On 29 September 2008, Zhang Jianqi (), vice-director of the CMSEO, declared in an interview with China Central Television (CCTV) that Tiangong-1 would be launched in 2010 or 2011.