Earth orbit
Shenzhou-8
Shenzhou-8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Shenzhou program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Shenzhou-8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Shenzhou program. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2011-063; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 31 October 2011, 21:58:10 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 8 mission on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 9:58 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- China
- Vehicle
- Long March 2F
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2011-063
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Oct 31, 2011, 21:58 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Oct 31 2011
- Pad and location
- LA-4 / Pad 921 (SLS-1), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 17 November 2011
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Shenzhou-8
GCAT program: Shenzhou.
- GCAT ID
- S37859
- Manufacturer
- Zhongguo yunzaihuojian jishu yanjiu yuan
- Launch mass
- 3,240 kg
- Dimensions
- 9.3 m long · 3.2 m diameter · 17 m span
Shenzhou 8 Guidao Cang
GCAT program: Shenzhou OM.
- GCAT ID
- S37883
- Manufacturer
- Zhongguo kongjian jishu yanjiu yuan
- Launch mass
- 1,842 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.3 m long · 2.8 m diameter · 4.3 m span
Gallery
0 images from Shenzhou-8.
No mission imagery is available yet.
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