Shenzhou 12

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

01:22:27

Thursday June 17, 2021

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Launch Notes

First Shenzhou flight since 2016. First crewed flight to the new Chinese modular space station.

Shenzhou 12

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Shenzhou 12 (Chinese: 神舟十二号)) was a Chinese spaceflight launched on 17 June 2021. The flight marked the seventh crewed Chinese spaceflight and the twelfth flight of the Shenzhou program. The spacecraft carried three members of the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) on the first flight to the Tianhe core module, the first module of the Tiangong space station. Shenzhou 12 successfully undocked from the Tianhe core module on 16 September 2021 and subsequently performed a radial rendezvous test with the Tianhe core module, which was completed on the same day. The reentry module returned to Earth on 17 September 2021. At 92 days, the mission set a new national human spaceflight duration record, surpassing Shenzhou 11's 33 days.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

8,100 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Long March 2F/G

Active Since 2011

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Rocket

Height: 58.34m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 8,600 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

5,985 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3.6m

Height: 19.11m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

Site 901 (SLS-1)

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

31 days 9 hours

Stats

Long March 2F


15th

Mission

1st

Mission of 2021

2021


55th

Orbital launch attempt