Shenzhou 17

Shenzhou 17

Shenzhou 17 atop a Long March 2F prior to launch.
Mission type	Tiangong space station crew transport
Operator	China Manned Space Agency
COSPAR ID	2023-164A
SATCAT no.	58146
Mission duration	180 days (planned) 429 days, 20 hours and 57 minutes (in progress)
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Shenzhou
Manufacturer	China Aerospace and Technology Corporation
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Tang Hongbo Tang Shengjie Jiang Xinlin
EVAs	1
EVA duration	7 hours 25 minutes
Start of mission
Launch date	26 October 2023, 03:14:02 UTC
Rocket	Long March 2F
Launch site	Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Launch Area 4
Contractor	China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
End of mission
Landing date	May 2024 (planned)
Landing site	Inner Mongolia, China
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Inclination	41.5°
Docking with Tiangong space station
Docking port	Tianhe forward
Docking date	26 October 2023, 09:46 UTC
Undocking date	May 2024 (planned)
Time docked	180 days (planned) 429 days, 14 hours and 25 minutes (in progress)
Jiang Xinlin, Tang Hongbo and Tang Shengjie

Shenzhou 17 is a Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, launched on 26 October 2023. It carries three (astronauts or) taikonauts from the People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps. The spacecraft is a Shenzhou spacecraft. The mission is the twelfth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the seventeenth flight overall of the Shenzhou program.