Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 22

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (Government)
• Rocket: Long March 2F/G — Long March family

Mission

Shenzhou 22 (Chinese: 神舟二十二号) will be the 22nd flight of the Shenzhou program. The spacecraft will be launched without crew to replace Shenzhou 20 that was damaged by orbital debris on the descent module porthole window, and thus deemed unsuitable for crew re-entry. The spacecraft will later return three Chinese astronauts on the 10th flight to the Chinese Space Station back to Earth, after launching on Shenzhou 21.

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921)
• Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Program

• Shenzhou — The Shenzhou program is a crewed spaceflight initiative by China. The program put the first Chinese citizen, Yang Liwei, into orbit on 15 October 2003. (Wikipedia)
• Tiangong space station — The Tiangong space station is a space station placed in Low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km above the surface. (Wikipedia)