# Shenzhou at Low Earth Orbit (LEO): deployment

Canonical ID: `1f250e2d-27d2-448a-8943-f0edfc56fa57`

## Key facts

- **Station:** Tiangong
- **Status:** Autonomous fast-rendezvous docking with Tiangong; Shenzhou-21 docked ~3.5 hours after launch (2025-11), China's fastest crewed docking

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-05_

- **Slug:** shenzhou-tiangong
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Shenzhou](/models/shenzhou.md) (id: `823d91a3-75f5-43ed-843e-413000c8dd7d`)
- **Company:** [China Manned Space Agency](/companies/china-manned-space-agency.md) (id: `4df8215d-b374-435c-9948-ab9b66a38a5c`)
- **Location:** [Low Earth Orbit (LEO)](/locations/low-earth-orbit.md) (id: `c2b414a6-3f5d-4862-8aee-c7bf3198b271`)
- **First seen:** 2021-06-17T12:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://spacenews.com/shenzhou-21-completes-rapid-docking-with-tiangong-space-station-3-5-hours-after-launch/

## Common questions

### What is the Shenzhou deployment at Low Earth Orbit (LEO)?

Shenzhou, built by China Manned Space Agency, is recorded as a deployment at Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on the DEPLOY registry. China Manned Space Agency operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Shenzhou at Low Earth Orbit (LEO)?

China Manned Space Agency, the manufacturer of Shenzhou, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Shenzhou deployment at Low Earth Orbit (LEO) go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting June 17, 2021 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Is the Shenzhou deployment at Low Earth Orbit (LEO) still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is currently operating.

### Have there been incidents at the Shenzhou deployment at Low Earth Orbit (LEO)?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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