NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Shenzhou 20

Launch Time
NET May, 2025

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 20

Shenzhou 20 (Chinese: 神舟二十号), the flight will mark the 15th crewed Chinese spaceflight and the twentieth flight of the Shenzhou program. The spacecraft will carry three People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts on the ninth flight to the Tianhe core module, the first module of the Tiangong space station.

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

Location

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