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Live: Special coverage of China's Shenzhou-15 manned space mission launch

China launches its Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft, carried by a Long March-2F Y15 rocket, from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwest. This will be the last flight mission in the construction...

Shenzhou 15

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Human Exploration

Low Earth Orbit Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921) Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Fourth crewed flight to the Chinese large modular space station.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 29, 2022, 3:42 p.m.

Launch success


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 29, 2022, 3:08 p.m.

Liftoff


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 24, 2022, 4:27 a.m.

Launch window confirmed per NOTAMs.


Long March 2F/G

Family:
Configuration: F/G

The Long March 2F is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket, part of the Long March 2 rocket family. Designed to launch the crewed Shenzhou spacecraft, the Long March 2F is a human-rated two-stage version of the Long March 2E rocket, which in turn was based on the Long March 2C launch vehicle. It is launched from complex SLS at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Long March 2F/G version includes longer boosters for increased lift capability, among other improvements.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    62.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.35 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    464.0 T
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Long March 2F/G
  • Family
  • Variant
    F/G
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Long March 2F/G
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    8399.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Shenzhou 15


Active Human Rated Crew On-board: 3 Crew Capacity: 3
Destination: Tiangong space station
Serial Number: 15

Fourth crewed mission to the Chinese Space Station.

Shenzhou Details

Crew


Fei Junlong

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( CNSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: May 5, 1965
Age: 60

Deng Qingming

Operator - configurations.Country.None - ( CNSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: March 16, 1966
Age: 59

Zhang Lu

Operator - configurations.Country.None - ( CNSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Nov. 1, 1976
Age: 49

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

(CASC)

Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei Founded: 1999 Successes: 552 Failures: 14 Pending: 6

Agency Type:

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.

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