LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
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/G

Description:

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.

Long March 2F/G rocket
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)