Human Spaceflight
SHENZHOU-20 (SZ-20)
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
- April 24, 2025 at 09:17 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2F/G →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shenzhou 20
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 390 km
- Periapsis
- 378 km
- Inclination
- 41.47°
- Orbital period
- 92.22 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 8,100 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-082A
- NORAD catalog №
- 63632
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- January 19, 2026
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- January 19, 2026
- Time in service
- 270 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed