[[Category: {{{N year cosmonautics]]
| Shenzhou-2 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Organization | |
| Ship flight data | |
| Ship name | Shenzhou |
| Carrier rocket | Changzheng CZ-2F |
| Launch pad |  Jiuquan |
| Launch | January 9, 2001 at 17:00 UTC |
| Landing ship | January 16, 2001 at 11:22 UTC |
| Landing place | Inner Mongolia |
| Flight duration | 6.5 days |
| Number of turns | 108 |
| Apogee | 346 km |
| Perigee | 330 km |
| Mood | 42.6 ° |
| Period of treatment | 91.3 |
| Weight | 7.4 t |
| NSSDC ID | |
| SCN | |
| Flight crew data | |
| Crew members | unmanned |
| Related expeditions | |
Shenzhou-2 ( whale. 神舟 2 ) - unmanned spacecraft of the PRC . The second of the ships of the Shenzhou series.
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Purpose of Flight
A system should be developed for manned space flight. During the flight aboard the ship it was planned to conduct several scientific experiments, including biomedical, astronomical, and materials science. For the scientific program on the ship, a total of 64 devices were installed, 15 of them in the descent module, and 12 in the orbital module. For carrying out biomedical experiments on the ship, there was an installation for growing proteins, 25 samples of various microorganisms, samples of cells and cell structures of vertebrate and invertebrate animals, plants, aquatic and terrestrial organisms, and about 20 thousand seeds of various plants. Flies-Drosophila and six live mice also went into space. [one]
During the flight, the orbital module was separated from the spacecraft and remained in orbit, on which it remained for another 260 days.
History
On January 10, 2001, the Shenzhou-2 spacecraft was successfully launched from the Jiuquan Cosmodrome . After 7 days of space flight, he successfully returned to Earth. It was the first Chinese unmanned spacecraft . Compared with the experimental spacecraft " Shenzhou-1 ", the design of the system "Shenzhou-2" has been improved and enhanced specifications. The technical parameters of the "Shenzhou-2" in essence is an analogue of a manned spacecraft. [2]
Assumption
No details on the landing of the descent module are reported, Chinese television did not show any shots from the landing site. Based on this, some foreign experts believe that this time the brake powder rockets installed on the descent vehicle could not have worked in time or the parachutes did not open up as they should have, which led to the landing accident.
Notes
See also
- China's space program