China Venus-50 Solar-Powered Pseudo Satellite Flies For First Time

China Venus-50 pseudo satellite
Credit: State Media CCTV
SINGAPORE—China’s AVIC First Aircraft Institute has flown its Venus-50 solar-powered pseudo-satellite for the first time. The stratospheric uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) took off on Sept. 4 at 5:50 p.m. from Yulin, Shaanxi province, and landed 26 min. later. AVIC says the flight has laid a “solid...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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