Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft information
Chinese reusable spacecraft
Reusable Experimental Spacecraft 可重复使用试验航天器
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type
Reusable spacecraft
Manufacturer
Undisclosed
Launch mass
Undisclosed
Start of mission
Launch date
4 September 2020, 07:30 UTC[1](1st launch) 4 August 2022, 16:00 UTC (2nd launch) 14 December 2023, 14:12 UTC (3rd launch)
Rocket
Long March 2F
Launch site
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
End of mission
Landing date
6 September 2020, 02:00 UTC [2](1st landing) 8 May 2023, (2nd landing)
Landing site
Lop Nur, runway 05
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric orbit[1]
Regime
Low Earth orbit
Periapsis altitude
332 km
Apoapsis altitude
348 km
Inclination
50.20°
Period
90.0 minutes (?)
The Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft (Chinese: 可重复使用试验航天器; pinyin: Kě chóngfù shǐyòng shìyàn hángtiān qì; lit. 'Reusable Experimental Spacecraft'; CSSHQ) is the first reusable spacecraft produced by China. It embarked upon its initial orbital mission on 4 September 2020.[3][4][2][5] According to media reports, the CSSHQ is launched into Earth orbit in a vertical configuration while enclosed within the payload fairings of a rocket like a traditional satellite or space capsule, but it returns to Earth via a runway landing like a conventional aircraft; the landing is conducted autonomously (unlike the Space Shuttle). In the absence of any official descriptions of the spacecraft or photographic depictions thereof, some observers have speculated that the CSSHQ may resemble the X-37B spaceplane of the United States in both form and function.[6][7]
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