Mengzhou 1
Test flight of Mengzhou Crew Capsule
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Mengzhou 1 (梦舟一号) is a planned uncrewed orbital test flight of the Mengzhou spacecraft presently scheduled for late 2026. This will also be the maiden orbital flight of the Long March 10A crew-rated rocket. One version of the Mengzhou spacecraft is planned as a future replacement for the Shenzhou spacecraft for missions to the Tiangong space station and a more capable version will be used to transport crews to low lunar orbits for China's planned crewed lunar landings which are expected to occur by the end of the 2020s.[1]
Mockup of a Mengzhou spacecraft (2023) | |
| Mission type | Test Flight |
|---|---|
| Operator | China Manned Space Agency |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Mengzhou |
| Manufacturer | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2026 (planned) |
| Rocket | Long March 10A |
| Launch site | Wenchang, LC-3 |
| Contractor | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
