Human Spaceflight
SHENZHOU-7 (SZ-7)
DecayedHuman SpaceflightLEO
Shenzhou 7 was the third human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program. The mission, which included the first Chinese extra-vehicular activity (EVA) carried out by crew members Zhai Zhigang and Liu Boming, marked the start of the "second step" of the China Manned Space Program.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 25, 2008 at 01:10 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2F →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shenzhou-7
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 336 km
- Periapsis
- 329 km
- Inclination
- 42.4°
- Orbital period
- 91.19 min
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-047A
- NORAD catalog №
- 33386
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 7.9621 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- September 28, 2008
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- September 28, 2008
- Time in service
- 3 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed