It is the second spacecraft carrying astronauts in China and the first manned spacecraft carrying out the "multi-person flight" mission in China. This is also the 243rd space flight of mankind in the world.
Shenzhou VI manned spacecraft is one of China shenzhou spaceship series. There is not much difference in appearance between Shenzhou VI and Shenzhou 5. The weight is basically maintained at about 8 tons, which was launched by the Long March II F carrier rocket. It is the second spacecraft carrying astronauts in China and the first manned spacecraft in China to carry out the mission of "many people and many days".
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After the Shenzhou VI spacecraft was put into orbit, it first made five rounds in an elliptical orbit with a perigee of 200 kilometers and an apogee of 350 kilometers, and then changed its orbit to a circular orbit with a distance of 343 kilometers from the ground. It flew around the earth for 90 minutes, and the flight path projected on the ground showed a sine curve moving eastward continuously. Orbital characteristics are the same as those of Shenzhou 5.
After the spacecraft is put into orbit, TT&C network will manage the spacecraft TT&C. If shenzhou spaceship is compared to a kite flying into space, TT&C network in space is an important kite line.
China's TT&C space network consists of several TT&C ground stations and four Roy space survey ships. The four survey vessels are Roy 1 and Roy 2 in the Pacific Ocean, Roy 4 in the Indian Ocean and Roy 3 in the Atlantic Ocean. Among them, three survey ships are located in the southern hemisphere with relatively high latitude.
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Baidu encyclopedia-shenzhou VI