China’s secretive spaceplane releases object into orbit

China’s experimental reusable spacecraft, during its third mission, released an unidentified object into orbit.

This event was cataloged by U.S. Space Force as object 59884 (International designator 2023-195G).

The spacecraft, suspected to be a spaceplane, launched on December 14, 2023, and released the object on May 24 after 164 days in orbit.

Jonathan McDowell from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggested the object might be a subsatellite or hardware ejected before deorbit.

It could also be for proximity and capture maneuvers, similar to tests conducted during the spaceplane’s second mission.

China has kept details about the mission confidential, only issuing a brief launch report stating that the mission aims to verify reusable technology and conduct space science experiments, Space News reported.

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