Shenzhou 7

 2008-047A

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SZ-7 carried a crew of three: Zhai Zhigang, Liu Buoming, and Jing Haipen. Zhai Zhigang is the EVA astronaut in a Feitian; Liu Buoming wears an Orlan inside the depressurized OM.

Zhai is zhilingzhang ('commander'; the word is similar in meaning to zhihuizhang). Liu is guidaocang hangtianyuan ('orbital module astronaut') and Jing is fanhuicang zhishou hangtianyuan ('descent module safeguard astronaut' or 'descent module monitor astronaut').

Mass 7890 kg. EVA suit 120 kg.

Subsatellite mounted on nose of OM.

From Chen Lan:

There were two EVA suits onboard. The EVA taikonaut wore the
Chinese made Feitian suit and another member inside the OM will wear the
Russian Orlan M-42. These two suits are with slight differences, judging
from available photos. China signed the agreement with Russia in April
2004 to purchase 9 Orlan suits, among which 3 flight suits, 4 neutral
pool training suits and 2 low-pressure training suits. - Solar panels,
16 thrusters, all sub-systems used for independent flight are removed.
New additions include five gas bottles and the subsatellite on top of
the OM, two external cameras, handrails, as well as an exposure
experimental device to be retrieved by the taikonaut. - The contingency
plan includes the single person EVA. -

The subsatellite,

\uni{ 神舟七号伴随卫星}{ }

(Shenzhou qihao bansui weixing)
weighs 40kg and with diameter of 40cm. It will be
released after the EVA. After photographing SZ-7, it will move away to a
distance about several kilometers, and will test "satellite fleet"
technology with the OM in next a few month. - China will launch
Tiangong-1, 2, 3 spacecraft between 2010 and 2015. TG-1 will be the
docking target (probably a modified OM) and TG-2 and 3 will be the 8t
class mini-station, or the Spacelab. There will be two unmanned vehicles
(SZ-8 and 9) and 5 manned ships to visit these TGs during this period.

SZ7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2008 Sep 25	1310:05	Launch by CZ-2F	JQ
		T+2:00 LES sep
		T+2:16 SRM burnout, sep
		T+2:38 St 1 MECO
		T+2:39 St 1 sep, St 2 burn
		T+3:20 Fairing sep
		T+7:41 St 2 MECO
	1319	T+9:43 Stage 2 VECO
	1320	Stage 2 sep	200 x 330 x 42.4
	2005	Perigee raise	330 x 336 x 42.4
2008 Sep 27
	0810?	Resume depress at 70 kPa?
	0815?	OM depress
	0830?	Ready for HO
	0830?	Depress complete
	0838	HO (dp 2kPa)
	0839	Hatch temp close
	0840	Hatch open
	0843	Zhai SEVA
	0844	Zhai egress fully
	0844	EVA begins
	0847	Liu SEVA; Zhai waving PRC flag
	0850	Zhai retrieves materials sample
	0857	Ingress
	0858	EVA complete
	0900	Hatch closed
	0912	Go for repress
	0915?	Repress
	0926	OM at 40 kPa
	0950	OM fully repress
	1127	Subsat release
2008 Sep 28
	0848	OM sep
	0851:16	7.451 -24.075 339 km DO burn
	0853:18	13.664 -19.287 336 km DO CO
	0913	Modules sep
	0919	Reentry blackout
	0919	On drogue parachutes
	0924	Main parachute deployed
	0936:40	Landed 42.278N 111.355E