This Diary is extracted from zarya.info's 'Go For Launch' ongoing chronology of space events and includes all entries relating to Shenzhou 10.
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2013 Jun 22 | 01:50 | Shenzhou 10 Landing Mongolia |
Preceded by retro-fire and re-entry.
Date is based on June 7 launch. The time is estimated and is ±15 minutes.
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2013 Jun 21 | 02:00 | Shenzhou 10 Undocking on orbit |
From Tiangong 1. The time is approximate.
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2013 Jun 9 | 07:01 | Shenzhou 10 Docking Tiangong 1 |
The date is based on a June 7 launch.
Time is estimated and is ±10 minutes - based on June 7 launch..
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2013 Jun 7 | 11:30 | CZ-2FT1, Jiuquan SC |
Piloted mission aimed at docking with Tiangong 1. Mission will run for fifteen days and the crew will probably consist of two male, and one female astronaut.
Date is the first day of a seven-day-long window. The launch time is an estimate for that day only and is ±2 minutes.
As of mid-May, preparations seemed to be running slightly behind schedule for a June 7 launch. Alternatives based on standard practice: May 9 at 10:34 UTC and May 11 at 09:39 UTC.
Frequency: 2224.065 MHz.
Background notes:
http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/China/Shenzhou/10/Shenzhou10.php
Launch campaign:
http://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=852
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2013 May 30 | | Shenzhou 10 - Rollout to Launch Pad |
Based on June 7 Launch
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2013 May 17 | | Shenzhou 10 - Launch Readiness Review Beifing |
Approximate date based on June 7 launch.
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2013 May 2 | 08:00 | Shenzhou 10 - Launch Vehicle Arrival at Jiuquan Beijing |
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2013 Apr 29 | 03:00 | Shenzhou 10 - Launch Vehicle to Launch Site Nanyuan railway station, Beijing |
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2013 Mar 31 | 01:00 | Shenzhou 10 - Arrival Jiuquan Beijing |
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2013 Mar 30 | 22:00 | Shenzhou 10 - Departure from Beijing Beijing |
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2013 Mar 22 | | Shenzhou 10 - Spacecraft Inspection |
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2013 Mar 19 | | Shenzhou 10 - Launch Vehicle Inspection |
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2013 Feb 4 | | Tiangong 1 Orbit Boost On orbit |
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2012 Nov 10 | | Shenzhou 10 - China's Initial Planning |
Shenzhou 10 will be in orbit early-June 2013 and the crew may include a female astronaut.
Mission length will be 15 days with 13 days docked with Tiangong 1. The plan allows for the mission to slip into July or August.
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2012 Oct 15 | 18:25 | Tiangong Orbit Boost on orbit |
Single firing of thrusters raises perigee by 12 km. Orbit goes from 345 x 373 km to 367 x 374. Completion of a two-part manoeuvre started earlier in the day, almost matching the highest orbit achieved by Tiangong 1 of 368 x 379 km during 2011 November.
Details in the entry here:
http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Launches/Launches.php?year=2011#053
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2012 Oct 15 | 11:45 | Tiangong Orbit Boost on orbit |
Single firing of thrusters raises apogee by 10 km. Orbit goes from 346 x 353 km to 345 x 373 km. Tiangong 1's ground track was not passing near the Chinese mainland at the time so may have been a test of control via one of the Yuanwang tracking ships or a test of operating in an automatic mode.
The time is approximate.
Details in the entry here:
http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Launches/Launches.php?year=2011#053
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2012 Oct 8 | | Tiangong On-orbit Checkout on orbit |
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2012 Sep 13 | | Shenzhou Recovery Exercise? Western China |
Could be practice, training or setting up equipment. Previous similar occurrence was nine weeks before launch of Shenzhou 9.
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2012 Sep 4 | | Tiangong 1 - Thruster Firings cease on orbit |
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2012 Aug 30 | 13:10 | Tiangong 1 - Orbit Adjustment on orbit |
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2012 Jul 10 | | Tiangong 1 - Unusual Behaviour on orbit |
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2012 Jun 29 | 04:05 | Tiangong 1 Raises Orbit on orbit |
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2012 Jun 28 | 07:30 | Tiangong 1 Raises Orbit on orbit |
After departure of Shenzhou 9, raised apogee by 13 km as start of move to higher 'storage orbit' and to await Shenzhou 10.
The time is approximate.
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2011 Sep 29 | 13:16 | Tiangong 1 (Heavenly Temple 1) Launch CZ-2FT1, Jiuquan SC |
 Successful launch of small laboratory, 8.5 tonnes mass (9 tonnes including fuel), to be used in docking experiments during visits by Shenzhou 8, Shenzhou 9 and Shenzhou 10. The last two will carry crews. Anticipated life is two years after which it will be de-orbited.
Precise time: 13:16:03 UTC, at the beginning of a fifteen minute launch window. The date was on the third day of a potential launch period that was set after completion of the investigation into the 2011 Aug CZ launch failure with SJ-11-04. Launch on the first two days of the window was precluded by weather.
Construction complete and ground testing commenced 2010 August. Launch postponed from 2010 Oct for technical reasons, and then again from a target date in the first half of 2011. Tiangong was taken to the launch site 2011 Jun 29.
Orbit details: http://zarya.info/Diaries/Launches/Launches.php?year=2011#053
Zarya's notes: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/China/Shenzhou/Tiangong1.php
NORAD: 2011-053A/37820
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