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神舟十六号载人飞行任务特别节目

据中国载人航天工程办公室消息,神舟十六号瞄准5月30日9时31分发射,景海鹏、朱杨柱、桂海潮3名航天员将执行神舟十六号载人飞行任务。神舟十六号载人飞行任务是空间站应用与发展阶段首个载人飞行任务,也是我国第三批航天员首次执行飞行任务,航天飞行工程师和载荷专家迎来“首秀”。

Shenzhou 16

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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

Fifth crewed flight to the Chinese space station.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • May 30, 2023, 1:50 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • May 30, 2023, 1:32 a.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • May 29, 2023, 11:13 p.m.

Livestream has started


Cosmic_Penguin • May 29, 2023, 2:32 a.m.

Tweak in T-0.


Cosmic_Penguin • May 25, 2023, 11:32 a.m.

Launch date and time confirmed by NOTAMs.


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 16


Active Human Rated Crew On-board: 3 Crew Capacity: 3
Destination: Tiangong space station
Serial Number: 16

Fifth crewed mission to the Chinese Space Station.

Shenzhou Details

Crew


Jing Haipeng

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( CNSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Oct. 24, 1966
Age: 58

Yangzhu Zhu

Engineer - configurations.Country.None - ( CNSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Sept. 1, 1986
Age: 38

Haichao Gui

Payload Specialist - configurations.Country.None - ( CNSA )

Status: Active

Date of Birth: Nov. 1, 1986
Age: 38

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

(CASC)

Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei Founded: 1999 Successes: 476 Failures: 14 Pending: 7

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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