Human Spaceflight
SHENZHOU-1 (SZ-1)
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Shenzhou is a Chinese spacecraft developed for the China Manned Space Program. Its design was based on Russia's Soyuz, but larger and modernized. It has conducted 23 flights since 1999, including 17 crewed flights since 2005, the most recent being Shenzhou 23.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 19, 1999 at 10:30 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2F →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shenzhou-1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 315 km
- Periapsis
- 195 km
- Inclination
- 42.6°
- Orbital period
- 89.61 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-061A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25956
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- November 21, 1999
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- November 21, 1999
- Time in service
- 2 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed