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Shenzhou 20

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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

Ninth crewed flight to the Chinese space station.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • April 24, 2025, 9:36 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 24, 2025, 9:18 a.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • April 24, 2025, 6:05 a.m.

Official Webcast by CGTN has started


Cosmic_Penguin • April 18, 2025, 8:33 a.m.

NET April 24 per NOTAMs.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 17, 2025, 2:47 a.m.

NET late April.


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 20


Active Human Rated Crew On-board: 3 Crew Capacity: 3
Destination: Tiangong space station
Serial Number: 20

Spacecraft used to launch 3 astronauts on the 9th crewed mission to the Chinese Space Station.

Shenzhou Details

Crew


Chen Dong

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( CNSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Dec. 12, 1978
Age: 46

Jie Wang

Operator - configurations.Country.None - ( CNSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Sept. 1, 1989
Age: 36

Zhongrui Chen

Operator - configurations.Country.None - ( CNSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Oct. 1, 1984
Age: 41

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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Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921)


Falcon 9
Success
1 day, 15 hours ago
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Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 11 hours ago
Starlink Group 6-81
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Electron
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Ariane 62
Success
3 days, 16 hours ago
Sentinel-1D
Ariane Launch Area 4 - Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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Long March 7A
Success
5 days, 9 hours ago
Yaogan 46
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Classified Earth observation satellite officially reported as for "national resources/hydrology/meteorology surveying & disaster management" purposes.


LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III)
Success
6 days, 1 hour ago
CMS-03 (GSAT-7R)
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Falcon 9
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Bandwagon 4 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
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A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


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Shenzhou 21
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Tenth crewed flight to the Chinese space station.


Falcon 9
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Starlink Group 10-37
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