Human Spaceflight
SHENZHOU-16 (SZ-16)
DecayedHuman SpaceflightLEO
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
- May 30, 2023 at 01:31 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2F/G →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shenzhou 16
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 388 km
- Periapsis
- 378 km
- Inclination
- 41.48°
- Orbital period
- 92.21 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-077A
- NORAD catalog №
- 56761
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- October 31, 2023
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- October 31, 2023
- Time in service
- 154 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed