 Shenzhou 17 atop a Long March 2F prior to launch | |
| Mission type | Tiangong space station crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | China Manned Space Agency |
| COSPAR ID | 2023-164A |
| SATCAT no. | 58146 |
| Mission duration | 187 days, 6 hours and 32 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Shenzhou |
| Manufacturer | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Tang Hongbo Tang Shengjie Jiang Xinlin[1] |
| EVAs | 2 |
| EVA duration | 15 hours 17 minutes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 26 October 2023, 03:14:02 UTC[2] |
| Rocket | Long March 2F |
| Launch site | Jiuquan, LA-4/SLS |
| Contractor | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 30 April 2024, 09:46 UTC |
| 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 | 26 October 2023, 09:46 UTC[3] |
| Undocking date | 30 April 2024, 00:43 UTC[4] |
| Time docked | 186 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.
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