LaunchesChinese Reusable Space Vehicle
CASCSUCCESS
Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle
Long March 2F/G · Test Flight
2020Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Mission
The payload is an experimental reusable spacecraft. It is rumored to be a prototype of a reusable spaceplane (similar to Boeing X-37B vehicle). The spacecraft stayed in orbit for two days and returned to Earth on September 6. Though the landing site was not disclosed, the spacecraft is presumed to have landed at an airbase near Lop Nor nuclear test site.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- CASC
- Rocket
- Long March 2F/G
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921)
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2