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Launch mass: 14,000 kg (31,000 lb) Payload mass: 7,400 kg (16,300 lb) Dimensions: 10.6 m × 3.35 m (34.8 ft × 11.0 ft) Expedition; Space station: Tiangong space station: Start of mission; Launch date: 17 January 2024, 14:27 UTC [1] Rocket: Long March 7: Launch site: Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, LC-201: Contractor: China Academy of Launch ...
The mission launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on board a Long March 2F rocket on 25 April 2024 at 12:59:00 UTC (20:59 China Standard Time), near the end of the Shenzhou 17 mission. Approximately 6.5 hours after launch, the spacecraft docked at the nadir port of the station's Tianhe core module. [4]
Shenzhou 19 launched on 29 October 2024, prior to the end of the previous mission, Shenzhou 18. It is the 8th flight to the Tiangong space station , and is expected to last approximately 6 months. It will depart following the arrival of the Shenzhou 20 crew in 2025.
Tianzhou 8 was launched on November 15, 2024, successfully docking with Tiangong after a three-hour flight. [3]Like all Tianzhou craft since Tianzhou 6, Tianzhou 8 is expected to stay docked to Tiangong for around 9 months before deorbiting to make room for the next supply mission.
China's Orienspace's Gravity-1 rocket completed its successful maiden flight on 11 January 2024, debuting on a new mobile sea platform in the Yellow Sea while breaking records as both the world's largest solid-fuel carrier rocket and China's most powerful commercial launch vehicle to date (as of early 2024).
This week, China is expected to launch Chang'e-6 using the backup spacecraft from the 2020 mission, and collect soil and rocks from the side of the moon that permanently faces away from Earth.
The launch is part of SSST's "Thousand Sails Constellation" plan, also known as the "G60 Starlink Plan", which began last year and aims to deploy more than 15,000 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.
The rocket undertook a successful maiden launch on 7 May 2024 at 13:21 UTC from North China's Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. [1] A rideshare launch opportunity by Long March 6C was sold at an online auction in July 2023, with bidding prices starting at ¥87,000/kg. [6]