SZ-22

SZ-22 is no longer on orbit
SZ-22 is classified as:

Chinese Space Station

NORAD ID: 66645

Int'l Code: 2025-273A

Launch date: November 25, 2025
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)
Decay date: 2026-05-29

SZ-22 (SHENZHOU-22) is a Chinese manned spacecraft that forms part of China’s expanding human spaceflight program. The spacecraft was launched six months earlier than planned after the Shenzhou 20 return vehicle was found to have a cracked window caused by suspected space debris. Its crew returned to Earth aboard Shenzhou 21, leaving the Shenzhou 21 crew on Tiangong without a flightworthy return craft. Following CMSA safety protocols—requiring a standby Shenzhou spacecraft and Long March 2F rocket to always be ready at Jiuquan—the spacecraft and its launcher were prepared for an emergency launch in just 16 days, much shorter than the usual 45-day launch preparation timeline.

1 66645U 25272A   26150.95261966  .00020206  00000-0  24547-3 0  9998
2 66645  41.4694  66.8282 0010504 312.1056  47.8889 15.60034833290072

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC