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Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou-9 & Shenzhou-9-GC
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation · Long March 2F/G · Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 111th launch · 10th this year · humanity's 5,224th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jun 16, 10:37 – Jun 16, 10:37 UTC
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Shenzhou-9 & Shenzhou-9-GC
This is the fourth crewed mission for China's Shenzhou program which lasted 12 days. Being the first crewed spacecraft to visit the Tiangong-1 space station, it brought up the astronauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Wang and the first Chinese female astronaut Lie Yang. They docked automatically to the station on 18 June. During their stay in the station, astronauts conducted various scientific and technological experiments, and performed manual re-docking on 24 June. Shenzhou 9 undocked on 29 June and landed safely back on Earth the same day.
Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Jing HaipengCommander · CNSA
Liu WangFlight Engineer · CNSA
Liu YangFlight Engineer · CNSA
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Pad — Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921)
29 launches from this pad · 291 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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