LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Fri Oct 15 2021
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Shenzhou 13
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(4:23 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(4:13 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(4:54 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
- Second crewed flight to the Chinese Tiangong space station carrying Zhai Zhigang, commander, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, operators, on their second, second and first spaceflight respectively. Their mission duration onboard the TSS is 6 months, the longest so far in Chinese spaceflight.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Jiuquan, People's Republic of China
Pad
Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921)