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China-Shenzhou-20/Launch
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China - April 24, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Shenzhou-20 manned spaceship atop Long March-2F carrier rocket on launch pad
2. People at launching site, waving national flags
3. Officer counting down
4. Various of rocket, launch pad
5. Astronauts saluting
6. Various of rocket blasting off; crowd
7. Various of rocket ascending
8. Split screens showing rocket ascending, Shenzhou-20 crew aboard spaceship
9. Screen showing rocket moving
In Space - April 24, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. View of rocket leaving Earth
China launched the Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship on Thursday, sending three astronauts to its orbiting space station for a six-month mission.
The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off at 17:17 (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, said the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
About 10 minutes after the launch, the Shenzhou-20 spaceship separated from the rocket and entered its designated orbit. The crew members, consisting of mission commander Chen Dong and crew members Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie, are in good condition while the launch has been declared a complete success, the CMSA announced.
Around 6.5 hours after the launch, the spaceship will perform a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the radial port of the space station core module Tianhe, forming a combination of three modules and three spacecraft.
Shenzhou-20 is the 35th flight mission of China's manned space program, and the fifth crewed mission during the application and development stage of China's space station.
The crew is scheduled to return to the Dongfeng landing site in north China in late October this year.
China-Shenzhou-20/Launch
Dateline : April 24, 2025
Location : China;In Space
Duration : 1'23
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China - April 24, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Shenzhou-20 manned spaceship atop Long March-2F carrier rocket on launch pad
2. People at launching site, waving national flags
3. Officer counting down
4. Various of rocket, launch pad
5. Astronauts saluting
6. Various of rocket blasting off; crowd
7. Various of rocket ascending
8. Split screens showing rocket ascending, Shenzhou-20 crew aboard spaceship
9. Screen showing rocket moving
In Space - April 24, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. View of rocket leaving Earth
China launched the Shenzhou-20 crewed spaceship on Thursday, sending three astronauts to its orbiting space station for a six-month mission.
The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off at 17:17 (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, said the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
About 10 minutes after the launch, the Shenzhou-20 spaceship separated from the rocket and entered its designated orbit. The crew members, consisting of mission commander Chen Dong and crew members Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie, are in good condition while the launch has been declared a complete success, the CMSA announced.
Around 6.5 hours after the launch, the spaceship will perform a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the radial port of the space station core module Tianhe, forming a combination of three modules and three spacecraft.
Shenzhou-20 is the 35th flight mission of China's manned space program, and the fifth crewed mission during the application and development stage of China's space station.
The crew is scheduled to return to the Dongfeng landing site in north China in late October this year.
ID : 8425375
Published : 2025-04-24 17:47
Last Modified : 2025-04-25 16:00:45
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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