Mockup of Shenzhou 11 spacecraft (right) docking with the Tiangong-2 (left)
Operator
China National Space Administration (CNSA)
COSPAR ID
2016-061A
SATCAT no.
41812
Mission duration
32 days, 6 hours and 29 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type
Shenzhou
Manufacturer
CASC
Crew
Crew size
2
Members
Jing Haipeng Chen Dong
Start of mission
Launch date
16 October 2016, 23:30 UTC
Rocket
Long March 2F
Launch site
Jiuquan LA-4/SLS
End of mission
Landing date
18 November 2016, 05:59 UTC
Landing site
Inner Mongolia
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric
Regime
Low Earth
Docking with Tiangong-2
Docking date
18 October 2016, 17:24 UTC
Undocking date
17 November 2016, 4:41 UTC
(L-R) Haipeng and Dong
Shenzhou program
← Shenzhou 10
Shenzhou 12 →
Shenzhou 11 was a crewed spaceflight of the Shenzhou program of China, launched on 17 October 2016 (16 October UTC) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.[1] It was China's sixth crewed space mission, at 33 days,[2] it was the longest until the follow-up Shenzhou 12 mission which lasted 3 months. Two days after launch, it docked with the Tiangong-2 space laboratory, which had been launched on 15 September 2016.[1][3][4] Shenzhou 11 was the first and only expedition and mission to Tiangong-2 in this portion of the Tiangong program.
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