Shenzhou is made by China Manned Space Agency, based in Beijing, China, founded in 1992.

Where is Shenzhou deployed?

1 verified deployment of Shenzhou is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

What is Shenzhou's maturity stage?

Shenzhou is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.

Robot model

Shenzhou

Name: Shenzhou
Brand: China Manned Space Agency

Crewed spacecraft performing autonomous fast-rendezvous docking with the Tiangong space station.

Shenzhou is a space robot built by China Manned Space Agency. · Documented in 1 deployment in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Track ShenzhouEmail on verified state changes. Cap-flags flow through.

Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /models/shenzhou.md
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REST API: /v1/models/823d91a3-75f5-43ed-843e-413000c8dd7d
Revision history: /models/shenzhou/history
Data documentation: /data
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Form factor: space
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Deployments: 1
ID: 823d91a3-75f5-43ed-843e-413000c8dd7d

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Specs

role: crew spacecraft
autonomy: autonomous fast rendezvous + docking

Recent deployments (1)

Shenzhou at Low Earth Orbit (LEO)Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.

PRIMARY SOURCE

Courtesy of Xinhua

Chinese state media (Xinhua) footage of a Shenzhou crewed spacecraft docking with the Tiangong space station. Shenzhou is a crewed spacecraft with autonomous fast-rendezvous docking capability, attributed to the CNSA program. State-affiliated: Xinhua is Chinese state media, and no independent maker channel exists.

Sources (1)

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

Common questions

What is Shenzhou?: Crewed spacecraft performing autonomous fast-rendezvous docking with the Tiangong space station.
Who makes Shenzhou?: Shenzhou is made by China Manned Space Agency, based in Beijing, China, founded in 1992.
Where is Shenzhou deployed?: 1 verified deployment of Shenzhou is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
What is Shenzhou's maturity stage?: Shenzhou is at the production stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Production stage means high-volume manufacture and commercial-scale deployments are sustained.

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-05

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-05

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: production

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: space

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.