Mission type | Tiangong space station crew transport |
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Operator | China Manned Space Agency |
Mission duration | 180 days (Planned) 19 days, 6 hours and 5 minutes (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Shenzhou |
Manufacturer | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Cai Xuzhe Song Lingdong Wang Haoze |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 29 October 2024, 20:27 UTC |
Rocket | Long March 2F |
Launch site | Jiuquan, LA-4/SLS |
Contractor | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 2025 (planned) |
Landing site | Inner Mongolia, China |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 41.5° |
Docking with Tiangong space station | |
Docking port | Tianhe Forward |
Docking date | 30 October 2024, 03:00 UTC |
Undocking date | 2025 (planned) |
Time docked | 180 days (planned) 18 days, 23 hours and 32 minutes (in progress) |
(L-R) Wang Haoze, Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong |
Shenzhou 19 (Chinese: 神舟十九号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shíjiǔ-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 19') is a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, that was launched on 29 October 2024.[1] It carried three taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission is the 14th crewed Chinese spaceflight and the 19th flight overall of the Shenzhou program.