NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Shenzhou 17

Launch Time
Thu Oct 26, 2023 03:14 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2F/G
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Liftoff Thrust: 5,985 kN
Payload to LEO: 8,600 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 58.34 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.6 m
Fairing Height: 19.11 m

Mission Details

Shenzhou 17

Shenzhou 17 (Chinese: 神舟十七号), the flight will mark the 12th crewed Chinese spaceflight and the seventeen flight of the Shenzhou program. The spacecraft will carry three astronauts on the sixth flight to the Tiangong space station. The crew consists of Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 8,100.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 901 (SLS-1), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2023

173rd orbital launch attempt

Long March 2F

21st mission
2nd mission of 2023
21st successful mission