Human Spaceflight
SHENZHOU-9 (SZ-9)
DecayedHuman SpaceflightLEO
Shenzhou 9 was the fourth crewed spacecraft flight of China's Shenzhou program, launched at 18:37:24 CST, 16 June 2012. Shenzhou 9 was the second spacecraft and first crewed mission and expedition to dock with the Tiangong-1 space station, which took place on 18 June. The Shenzhou 9 spacecraft landed at 10:01:16 CST on 29 June in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The mission's crew included the first Chinese female astronaut, Liu Yang. The next mission was Shenzhou 10, which launched on 11 June 2013.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 16, 2012 at 10:37 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 2F/G →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Shenzhou-9 & Shenzhou-9-GC
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 355 km
- Periapsis
- 334 km
- Inclination
- 42.78°
- Orbital period
- 91.43 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 8,082 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-032A
- NORAD catalog №
- 38461
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China
- Radar cross-section
- 0.3407 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- June 29, 2012
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 29, 2012
- Time in service
- 13 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed