Human Spaceflight
SHENZHOU-17 (SZ-17)
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
- October 26, 2023 at 03:14 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2F/G →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shenzhou 17
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 382 km
- Periapsis
- 377 km
- Inclination
- 41.47°
- Orbital period
- 92.15 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 8,100 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-164A
- NORAD catalog №
- 58146
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- April 30, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- April 30, 2024
- Time in service
- 187 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed