Shenzhou 17

Shenzhou 17
Shenzhou 17 atop a Long March 2F prior to launch
Mission typeTiangong space station crew transport
OperatorChina Manned Space Agency
COSPAR ID2023-164A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.58146Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration187 days, 6 hours and 32 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeShenzhou
ManufacturerChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Crew
Crew size3
MembersTang Hongbo
Tang Shengjie
Jiang Xinlin[1]
EVAs2
EVA duration15 hours 17 minutes
Start of mission
Launch date26 October 2023, 03:14:02 UTC[2]
RocketLong March 2F
Launch siteJiuquan, LA-4/SLS
ContractorChina Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
End of mission
Landing date30 April 2024, 09:46 UTC
Landing siteInner Mongolia, China
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination41.5°
Docking with Tiangong space station
Docking portTianhe forward
Docking date26 October 2023, 09:46 UTC[3]
Undocking date30 April 2024, 00:43 UTC[4]
Time docked186 days, 14 hours and 57 minutes

Jiang Xinlin, Tang Hongbo and Tang Shengjie

Shenzhou 17 (Chinese: 神舟十七号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shíqī-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 17') was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 26 October 2023. It carried three People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission was the twelfth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the seventeenth flight overall of the Shenzhou program.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference english.news-2023-10-25 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ China 'N Asia Spaceflight [@CNSpaceflight] (19 October 2023). "Long March 2F Y17 with Shenzhou-17 on the top has been rolled out to the launch pad in Jiuquan. The launch of 3 astronauts is expected to happen on October 26" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "China's Shenzhou-17 manned spaceship docks with space station combination-Xinhua". english.news.cn. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  4. ^ "China's Shenzhou-17 separates from space station combination, starts journey home". english.news.cn. Retrieved 2024-04-30.