Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle

Success CASC, Long March 2F/G

Mission

Test Flight · LEO

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…

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
PRC TEST SPACECRAFT 2020-063A Payload re-entered 2020-09-06
CZ-2F R/B 2020-063B Rocket body re-entered 2021-07-01
CZ-2F DEB 2020-063C Debris re-entered 2021-03-24
CZ-2F DEB 2020-063D Debris re-entered 2021-01-12
CZ-2F DEB 2020-063E Debris re-entered 2020-10-30
CZ-2F DEB 2020-063F Debris re-entered 2020-11-27
PRC TEST SPACECRAFT DEB 2020-063G Debris re-entered 2021-12-26

COSPAR ID 2020-063 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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