Launch Vehicles
Long March 2F
China
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China's crewed launch vehicle, a human-rated variant of the Long March 2 family fitted with a launch escape tower, used to launch every Shenzhou crewed mission since 2003, when it carried Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut, into orbit.
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Vehicle ClassMedium-lift expendable crewed launch vehicle 1 ManufacturerChina Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology 1 First Flight DateDate of its first, uncrewed flight, carrying Shenzhou 1; its first crewed flight, Shenzhou 5, followed in October 2003. StatusOperational, launching crews to the Tiangong space station. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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