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LIVE: China Launches Shenzhou-19 Crewed Spaceship

China launches its Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship in the early morning Oct. 30. Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze will carry out the Shenzhou-19 manned mission to China's space ...

神舟十九号载人飞船发射任务

据中国载人航天工程办公室消息,经任务总指挥部研究决定,神舟十九号载人飞船瞄准北京时间10月30日04时27分发射,执行神舟十九号载人飞行任务的航天员乘组由蔡旭哲、宋令东、王浩泽3名航天员组成,蔡旭哲担任指令长。一同见证神舟十九号载人飞船出征太空!

Shenzhou 19

Circle Image

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Human Exploration

Low Earth Orbit Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921) Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Eighth crewed flight to the Chinese space station.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 29, 2024, 8:47 p.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 29, 2024, 8:28 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Oct. 29, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Official Webcast by CGTN has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 25, 2024, 7:04 a.m.

Targeting October 29 UTC per NOTAMs A3545/24 & A3546/24.


Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 1, 2024, 11:18 a.m.

NET late October.


Long March 2

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.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    62.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.35 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    464.0 T
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Long March 2
  • 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 19


Active Human Rated Crew On-board: 3 Crew Capacity: 3
Destination: Tiangong space station
Serial Number: 19

Spacecraft used to launch 3 taikonauts on the 8th crewed mission to the Tiangong space station.

Shenzhou Details

Crew


Cai Xuzhe

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( CNSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: May 1, 1976
Age: 49

Haozhe Wang

Operator - configurations.Country.None - ( CNSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: March 1, 1990
Age: 35

Lingdong Song

Operator - configurations.Country.None - ( CNSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Aug. 1, 1990
Age: 35

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

(CASC)

Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei Founded: 1999 Successes: 538 Failures: 14 Pending: 5

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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