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{{Short description|Planned 2023 Chinese crewed spaceflight to the Tiangong space station}}
{{infobox spaceflight
| name               = Shenzhou 17
| mission_type       = Tiangong Space Station crew transport
| operator           = China Manned Space Agency
| mission_duration   = 180 days (planned)
| spacecraft         = Shenzhou 17
| spacecraft_type    = [[Engineering:Shenzhou (spacecraft)|Shenzhou]]
| manufacturer       = [[Company:China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation|China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation]]
| crew_size          = 3
| crew_members       = TBA
| launch_date        = October 2023 (planned)
| launch_rocket      = [[Engineering:Long March 2F|Long March 2F]]
| launch_site        = Jiuquan, LA-4/SLS
| launch_contractor  = [[Organization:China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology|China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology]]
| landing_date       = April 2024 (planned)
| landing_site       = [[Place:Inner Mongolia|Inner Mongolia]], {{wipe|China}}
| orbit_reference    = [[Astronomy:Geocentric orbit|Geocentric orbit]]
| orbit_regime       = [[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|Low Earth orbit]]
| orbit_inclination  = 41.5°
 {{Infobox spaceflight/Dock
   | docking_target     = Tiangong Space Station
   |docking_port       = ''Tianhe'' nadir
   | docking_date       = October 2023 (planned)
   | undocking_date     = April 2024 (planned)
   | time_docked      = 180 days (planned)
 }}
| programme          = [[Astronomy:China Manned Space Program|China Manned Space Program]]
| previous_mission   = [[Engineering:Shenzhou 16|Shenzhou 16]]
| next_mission       = [[Engineering:Shenzhou 18|Shenzhou 18]]
}}
 
'''Shenzhou 17''' ({{zh|s=神舟十七号|p=Shénzhōu Shíqī-hào|l=[[Engineering:Shenzhou (spacecraft)|Divine Boat]] Number 17}}) is a planned Chinese spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, expected to launch in October 2023 on board a [[Engineering:Shenzhou (spacecraft)|Shenzhou]] spacecraft. It will carry three People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) [[Astronaut|taikonauts]]. The mission will be the twelfth crewed and seventeenth flight overall of the [[Astronomy:China Manned Space Program|Shenzhou program]].

== Background ==
Shenzhou 17 will be the sixth long-duration spaceflight to the Tiangong space station, and will last about six months.

The spacecraft entered the launch area in April 2023 and will be maintained in a state of near-readiness if needed as a lifeboat for the [[Engineering:Shenzhou 16|Shenzhou 16]] crew.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=2023-05-29 |title=China launches 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station on Shenzhou 16 spacecraft (video) |url=https://www.space.com/china-shenzhou-16-astronauts-launch-tiangong-space-station |access-date=2023-05-30 |website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Mission ==
The flight will launch in October 2023, near the end of the [[Engineering:Shenzhou 16|Shenzhou 16]] mission.

== Crew ==
{{Spaceflight crew|terminology=Crew member|position1=Commander|crew1_up={{flagicon|China}} TBA|position2=Operator|crew2_up={{flagicon|China}} TBA|position3=System Operator|crew3_up={{flagicon|China}} TBA|agency1_up=CMSA|agency2_up=CMSA|agency3_up=CMSA}}

==See also==
*[[Engineering:Shenzhou (spacecraft)|Shenzhou (spacecraft)]]
*Tiangong space station

== References ==
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[[Category:Future human spaceflights]]

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