Shenzhou 17
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Mission type | Tiangong space station crew transport |
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Operator | China Manned Space Agency |
COSPAR ID | 2023-164A |
SATCAT no. | 58146 |
Mission duration | 180 days (planned) 348 days, 15 hours and 42 minutes (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Shenzhou |
Manufacturer | China Aerospace and Technology Corporation |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Tang Hongbo Tang Shengjie Jiang Xinlin |
EVAs | 1 |
EVA duration | 7 hours 25 minutes |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 26 October 2023, 03:14:02 UTC |
Rocket | Long March 2F |
Launch site | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Launch Area 4 |
Contractor | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology |
End of mission | |
Landing date | May 2024 (planned) |
Landing site | Inner Mongolia, China |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 41.5° |
Docking with Tiangong space station | |
Docking port | Tianhe forward |
Docking date | 26 October 2023, 09:46 UTC |
Undocking date | May 2024 (planned) |
Time docked | 180 days (planned) 348 days, 9 hours and 10 minutes (in progress) |
Jiang Xinlin, Tang Hongbo and Tang Shengjie |
Shenzhou 17 is a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 26 October 2023. It carries three (astronauts or) taikonauts from the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps. The spacecraft is a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission is the twelfth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the seventeenth flight overall of the Shenzhou program.