The Long March-2F carrier rocket. Photo: CNSphoto via Reuters.
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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