2020 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle
successLong March 2F/G | Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 4, 2020 at 07:30 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921)
- Mission
- Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit