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Scheduled for (UTC)	2023-10-26 03:14
Scheduled for (local)	2023-10-26 11:14 (CST)
Docking scheduled for (UTC)
Mission	Shenzhou 17
Launch site	Site 901 (SLS-1), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
Vehicle	Long March 2F
Commander	Tang Hongbo 🇨🇳
Operator	Tang Shengjie 🇨🇳
System Operator	Jiang Xinlin 🇨🇳
Mission success criteria	Successful launch and docking to the Tiangong space station

Livestreams

Stream	Link
CGTN	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8UMa1hR4_A

Stats

☑️ 2nd crewed Chinese spaceflight this year

☑️ 12th crewed Chinese spaceflight overall

☑️ 17th flight of the Shenzhou program

☑️ 49th launch from China this year

☑️ Tang Hongbo will be the first taikonaut to visit the Tiangong Station twice

Mission Details 🚀

Next Spaceflight

Shenzhou 17 (Chinese: 神舟十七号), the flight will mark the 12th crewed Chinese spaceflight and the seventeen flight of the Shenzhou program. The spacecraft will carry three astronauts on the sixth flight to the Tiangong space station. The crew consists of Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin.

NSF article

China will launch the crewed Shenzhou-17 mission to the Tiangong Space Station on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 3:14 AM UTC. The Shenzhou spacecraft is already atop a Chang Zheng 2F (CZ-2F) rocket to carry all three crew members to the station over the following hours after liftoff. This will begin the handover from the Shenzhou-16 crew to the Shenzhou-17 crew.

Part of the mission will be “experimental station repair/maintenance,” performed during an EVA. The exact details of this operation are unknown at this point in time.

Target orbit	LEO
Payload mass	7840 kg

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