China’s Mysterious Spacecraft Returns To Earth

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Credit: Boeing / Paul Pinner
SINGAPORE–China’s secretive “reusable test spacecraft” returned to Earth on May 8 after 276 days in orbit, state media Xinhua has reported. Also known as CSSHQ after the Chinese phonetic spelling, it was launched on Aug. 4, 2022, by a Long March 2F from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. It was...
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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