12 October 2005, 01:00 UTC
Shenzhou-6
China's second crewed spaceflight carried taikonauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng from Jiuquan for a five-day mission in which the crew, for the first time, moved into the orbital module and ran onboard experiments before landing in Inner Mongolia on October 16.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 7.2 T (est.)
- Flight
- 6th
- of 7 Long March 2F flights
- Date and time
- 12 October 2005, 01:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Long March 2F
- Builder
- CASC
- Launch site
- Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 2005-040
- Launches in 2005
- 44th of 56
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