Earth orbit
Shenzhou 21
Shenzhou 21 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Shenzhou program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
View in 3D map ↗The mission
Shenzhou 21 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 2025-246; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 31 October 2025, 15:44:46 UTC
- Launch location
- Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China
- Launch vehicle
- Chang Zheng 2F
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A CASC Long March 2F rocket was set to launch the Shenzhou 21 mission on Friday, October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- CASC
- Vehicle
- Long March 2F
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2025-246
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Pending
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Oct 31, 2025, 15:44 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Oct 31 2025
- Pad and location
- LA-4 / Pad 921 (SLS-1), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Launch media
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 14 November 2025
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Shenzhou 21
GCAT program: Shenzhou.
- GCAT ID
- S66263
- Manufacturer
- Zhongguo yunzaihuojian jishu yanjiu yuan
- Launch mass
- 3,258 kg
- Dimensions
- 9.3 m long · 3.2 m diameter · 17 m span
Gallery
One image from Shenzhou 21.
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