LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Sun Oct 16 2016
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Shenzhou-11
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(11:30 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(11:25 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(11:50 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Long March 2F/GDescription:
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.
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Human Exploration
- This is the sixth crewed mission for China's Shenzhou program. Shenzhou-11 will carry two taikonauts, Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, to the Tiangong-2 space station launched earlier in the year. The taikonauts will stay in Tiangong-2 for 30 days.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Jiuquan, People's Republic of China
Pad
Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921)