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China just launched a ‘reusable test spacecraft’ — possibly a spaceplane – The Verge
On September 4th, China says it launched a “reusable test spacecraft” on its Long March 2F rocket to further the “peaceful use of space.” And many suspect the vehicle is actually a spaceplane that can land horizontally back on Earth.
Rumors about a spaceplane have been circulating this year
A Chinese Long March 2F rocket launching a space station back in 2011. The same vehicle was used to launch a reusable spacecraft on August 4th.
Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
Early this morning, China launched some kind of reusable spacecraft into space possibly a spaceplane a mysterious vehicle that is drawing comparisons to the USs classified X-37B spaceplane currently in orbit around Earth. Similar to the X-37B, Chinas spaceplan…
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