Shenzhou 18
2024 Chinese crewed spaceflight to the Tiangong space station / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shenzhou 18 (Chinese: 神舟十八号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shíbā-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 18') is a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 25 April 2024, near the end of the Shenzhou 17 mission. It carried three taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission is the thirteenth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the eighteenth flight overall of the Shenzhou program.[2]
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Mission type | Tiangong space station crew transport |
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Operator | China Manned Space Agency |
COSPAR ID | 2024-078A |
SATCAT no. | 59591 |
Mission duration | 180 days (planned) 22 days, 23 hours and 4 minutes (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Shenzhou |
Manufacturer | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Ye Guangfu Li Cong Li Guangsu |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 25 April 2024, 12:59 UTC (20:59 Local Time)[1] |
Rocket | Long March 2F |
Launch site | Jiuquan, LA-4/SLS |
Contractor | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology |
End of mission | |
Landing date | October 2024 (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 nadir |
Docking date | 25 April 2024, 19:32 UTC |
Undocking date | October 2024 (planned) |
Time docked | 180 days (planned) 22 days, 16 hours and 31 minutes (in progress) |
Li Guangsu, Li Cong and Ye Guangfu |
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