CHINA-S&T: SUCCESSFUL RETURN OF CHINA'S REUSABLE SPACE VEHICLE AFTER 2 DAYS IN ORBIT

Quoting Xinhua, the China Daily (September 7) reported that China's reusable experimental spacecraft had successfully returned after 2 days in orbit and landed at a preset site on September 6 morning. No details of the mission were released, but it was described as a complete success.  The reusable experimental vehicle, whose name has yet to be disclosed, was lifted into orbit atop a Long March 2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on September 4 afternoon. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CAST),  said that the robotic vehicle was tasked with verifying reusable technologies that will serve as technological foundations for the peaceful use of space. One of CAST's subsidiaries, the Xi'an Aerospace Propulsion Institute in Shaanxi province, said on its WeChat account in March that "the next Long March 2F flight will be an important scientific experimental mission and will lay the foundation for future manned space programs". It said the mission "will be crucial to next-generation aerospace technologies", and the institute "must make sure it will succeed".







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