Shenzhou 17

Shenzhou 17

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
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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.