China caught releasing 'unidentified object' into orbit from secretive space plane
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An American space surveillance firm has detected China's highly classified Reusable Experimental Spacecraft deploying an unknown object into Earth's orbit.Leo Labs, which operates a global network of tracking stations, identified the mysterious release using radar equipment based in New Zealand.The company announced on X that at 2.30am on June 22, its systems picked up "an unknown object in the vicinity of the Chinese Shenlong reusable space plane".Following further monitoring across multiple facilities, Leo Labs stated it had "independently catalogued this object and assessed with high confidence that it was released from the Chinese space plane".
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The firm noted this behaviour matches sub-satellite deployments observed during the spacecraft's earlier missions.Chinese officials have offered no comment regarding the craft's purpose or the nature of the released object.Professor Jonathan McDowell, from Durham University's Space Research Centre, confirmed...
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