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Shenzhou 11 Mission

completedLaunch 2016-061
Launched 10/16/2016LEOService GSat LSS O 4
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
Shenzhou 11
retired
Human Spaceflight
LEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
10/16/2016
Launch ID
2016-061
Launch Profile
Sat LSS O 4
Service Type
G
Orbit
LEO
Launch Stack
Operator
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)
Launch Vehicle
Long March 2F G
Launch Site
Pad 921, South Launch Site-1, Jiuquan Space Center (Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China)
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
retired 1
Payload Mission Types
Human Spaceflight 1
Track
Mentions
4
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong spent most of the 33-day Shenzhou-11 mission aboard Tiangong-2.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.0Oct 2, 2020China selects 18 new astronauts ahead of space station construction

Tiangong-2 hosted astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong for the 33-day Shenzhou-11 mission in late 2016.

GeneralValue 4.0Jul 19, 2019China’s Tiangong-2 space lab reenters over South Pacific

Tiangong-2 is 10.4 m long and hosted astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong for most of the 33-day Shenzhou-11 mission.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 12, 2019China set to carry out controlled deorbiting of Tiangong-2 space lab

Tiangong-2 is an 8.6-ton space lab that tested advanced life support with the two-crew Shenzhou-11 mission in 2016 and on-orbit refueling and resupply with the Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft in 2017.

CapabilityPlanGeneralValue 4.5Sep 27, 2018China could be facing space station delay, Tiangong-2 to be deorbited