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CNSA
Time to be confirmed · CNSA
Shenzhou 24
Long March 2F/G · Launch Area 91 (SLS 1 / 921), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Liftoff in 11 days 17 h, time to be confirmed
- Liftoff
- Status
- Time to be confirmed
- Vehicle
- Long March 2F/G
- Pad
- Launch Area 91 (SLS 1 / 921)
- Location
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Orbit
- Low Earth
- Mission type
- Human Exploration
- Provider
- CNSA
The mission
Long March 2F/G is set to launch Shenzhou 24 for CNSA from Launch Area 91 (SLS 1 / 921) in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China, Wed, Nov 25 · 12:00 AM UTC, a time still to be confirmed. Target orbit: Low Earth. Mission type: Human Exploration. It is CNSA's 628th launch.
Shenzhou 24 will be the 24th flight of the Shenzhou program. The first astronaut from Pakistan is expected to fly on this on a short duration mission, with another Chinese astronaut to undergo a year long expedition.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
See it on the radar: the countdown, the flight path and where to look from your ZIP code.
Can I see it?
Set your ZIP code on the radar to see how far you are from the pad.
Liftoff is before sunrise at the pad, and the rocket should climb high enough to reach sunlight while the ground below is dark. Sunlit exhaust can glow against the darker sky, the view people have reported from as far as about 590 mi (950 km).
It should head northeast from the pad. We guess the heading from the target orbit, so the real path can differ.
Whether you can see it depends on where you are, the weather and the exact time. Open it on Astro Radar with your ZIP code for a modeled estimate of where to look, worked out for every second of the flight. It is an estimate, not a promise.
Watch it with friends
Send Shenzhou 24 · Long March 2F/G to a group chat on Astro, or make it a plan: Astro opens a new plan called Watch Shenzhou 24 · Long March 2F/G with the day and time filled in, for a group or a friend. The time is still to be confirmed, so check it again before the day.
Astro asks you to sign in first, then brings you back to this launch. It gets only the launch's name, time and link, and only when you press the button. Astro is for people 18 and older.
From Launch Library 2, as of Nov 13, 6:26 AM UTC. Times and status can change; the radar has the latest.