Shenzhou 15
Shenzhou 15 atop a Long March 2F prior to liftoff | |
| Mission type | Tiangong space station crew transport |
|---|---|
| Operator | China Manned Space Agency |
| COSPAR ID | 2022-162A |
| SATCAT no. | 54379 |
| Mission duration | 186 days, 7 hours and 25 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Shenzhou |
| Manufacturer | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Fei Junlong Deng Qingming Zhang Lu |
| EVAs | 4 |
| EVA duration | 7 hours 6 minutes (1st EVA only) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 29 November 2022, 15:08:17 UTC |
| Rocket | Long March 2F |
| Launch site | Jiuquan, LA-4/SLS |
| Contractor | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 3 June 2023, 22:33 UTC |
| Landing site | Inner Mongolia, China |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 41.5° |
| Docking with Tiangong space station | |
| Docking port | Tianhe forward |
| Docking date | 29 November 2022, 21:42 UTC |
| Undocking date | 3 June 2023, 13:29 UTC |
| Time docked | 185 days, 15 hours and 47 minutes |
Shenzhou 15 mission patch Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu | |
Shenzhou 15 (Chinese: 神舟十五号; pinyin: Shénzhōu Shíwǔ-hào; lit. 'Divine Boat Number 15') was a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 29 November 2022. It carried three People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonauts on board a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission was the tenth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the fifteenth flight overall of the Shenzhou program.