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Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou-9 & Shenzhou-9-GC
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Shenzhou-9 & Shenzhou-9-GC

Long March 2F/G

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LAUNCH SITEJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Mission

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.

Launch vehicle
Long March 2F/G
Mission type
Human Exploration
Destination orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Spacecraft
Shenzhou 9
Destination
Tiangong-1
Launch pad
Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921)
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Programs
Shenzhou

The vehicle

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Long March 2F/G
Xinhua
Launch vehicle

Long March 2F/G

The Long March 2F is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket, part of the Long March 2 rocket family. Designed to launch the crewed Shenzhou spacecraft, the Long March 2F is a human-rated two-stage version of the Long March 2E rocket, which in turn was based on the Long March 2C launch vehicle. It is launched from complex SLS at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Long March 2F/G version includes longer boosters for increased lift capability, among other improvements.

Height
62 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Stages
2
Recorded launches
20
First flight
2011-10-31

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Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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