Human Spaceflight
SHENZHOU-21 (SZ-21)
DecayedHuman SpaceflightLEO
Shenzhou 21 was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 31 October 2025. It carried three taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission was the 16th crewed Chinese spaceflight and the 21st flight overall of the Shenzhou program. The flight marked the tenth crew rotation to the Tiangong space station, which has been continuously occupied since June 2022.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 31, 2025 at 03:44 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2F/G →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shenzhou 21
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 399 km
- Periapsis
- 385 km
- Inclination
- 41.47°
- Orbital period
- 92.4 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 8,100 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-246A
- NORAD catalog №
- 66263
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- November 14, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- November 14, 2025
- Time in service
- 14 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed