Earth orbit
Shenzhou 18
Shenzhou 18 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Shenzhou program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Shenzhou 18 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Shenzhou program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2024-078; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 25 April 2024, 12:59:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China
- Launch vehicle
- Chang Zheng 2F
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A China Long March 2F rocket launched the Shenzhou 18 mission on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 12:59 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- China
- Vehicle
- Long March 2F
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2024-078
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Apr 25, 2024, 12:59 UTC
- Window closes
- Apr 25, 2024, 13:29 UTC
- Provider display
- Apr 25 2024
- Pad and location
- LA-4 / Pad 921 (SLS-1), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Launch media
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 3 November 2024
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Shenzhou 18
GCAT program: Shenzhou.
- GCAT ID
- S59591
- Manufacturer
- Zhongguo yunzaihuojian jishu yanjiu yuan
- Launch mass
- 3,258 kg
- Dimensions
- 9.3 m long · 3.2 m diameter · 17 m span
Gallery
0 images from Shenzhou 18.
No mission imagery is available yet.
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