Mysterious Reusable China Spacecraft Returns To Earth

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SINGAPORE—China’s mysterious reusable spacecraft returned to Earth on Sept. 6 after spending 268 days in orbit. It was the spacecraft’s third successful mission, clocking a total of about 545 days. The spacecraft has no official designation, so on the internet it was coined CSSHQ, abbreviated from...
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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