Shenzhou 15

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

15:08:17

Tuesday November 29, 2022

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Shenzhou 15

Shenzhou 15 (Chinese: 神舟十五号), marked the 10th crewed Chinese spaceflight and the fifteenth flight of the Shenzhou program. The spacecraft carried three People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts on the fourth flight to the Tianhe core module, the first module of the Tiangong space station. The crew was composed of taikonauts Zhang Lu, Deng Qingming, and Fei Junlong.

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


19th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2022

2022


167th

Orbital launch attempt