Human Spaceflight
SHENZHOU-18 (SZ-18)
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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
- April 25, 2024 at 12:59 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2F/G →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shenzhou 18
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 388 km
- Periapsis
- 385 km
- Inclination
- 41.47°
- Orbital period
- 92.28 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 8,100 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2024-078A
- NORAD catalog №
- 59591
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- November 3, 2024
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- November 3, 2024
- Time in service
- 192 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed