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Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-04-25 12:59 |
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Scheduled for (local) | 2024-04-25 20:59 (CST) |
Docking scheduled for (UTC) | |
Mission | Shenzhou 18 |
Launch site | Site 901 (SLS-1), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China |
Vehicle | Long March 2F |
Commander | Ye Guangfu 🇨🇳 |
Operator | Li Cong 🇨🇳 |
System Operator | Li Guangsu 🇨🇳 |
Mission success criteria | Successful launch and docking to the Tiangong space station |
Livestreams
Stream | Link |
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CGTN | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGSARFF3pZI |
VideoFromSpace | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjfDEIFgCUw |
Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-cdY0C1pMQ |
The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IReKx0oi0ho |
Stats
☑️ 1st crewed Chinese spaceflight this year
☑️ 13th crewed Chinese spaceflight overall
☑️ 18th flight of the Shenzhou program
Mission Details 🚀
Next Spaceflight
Shenzhou 18 (Chinese: 神舟十八号), the flight will mark the 13th crewed Chinese spaceflight and the eighteenth flight of the Shenzhou program. The spacecraft will carry three astronauts on the seventh flight to the Tiangong space station. The crew consists of Ye Guangfu, Li Cong and Li Guangsu.
Target orbit | LEO |
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Payload mass | 8100 kg |
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Launch escape system jettison, side booster separation, stage separation, fairing jettison.
Shutdown on second stage main engine, 4 vernier engines continue.
Liftoff of Shenzhou 18.
Vernier engines shutdown, spacecraft separation, and solar array deploy.