Space

China Launches Reusable Rocket in Mystery Test – Space News

 

China launched a reusable spacecraft into space as part of a secretive experiment on Thursday, Space News reported.

The Long March 2F rocket was sent into low Earth orbit, said the report, after it was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. Full details of the purpose and length of the experiment are not known, it added.

Read the full report: Space News

 

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Alfie Habershon

Alfie is a Reporter at Asia Financial. He previously lived in Mumbai reporting on India's economy and healthcare for data journalism initiative IndiaSpend, as well as having worked for London based Tortoise Media.

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