Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle

Long March 2F launched China's classified reusable spaceplane on its second orbital test flight from Jiuquan. The uncrewed vehicle, thought broadly comparable to the US X-37B, stayed in orbit for 276 days before returning to a landing site in China in May 2023.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

8.5 T (est.)

Flight

11th

of 22 Long March 2F/G flights

Date and time

4 August 2022, 16:00 UTC

Rocket

Long March 2F/G

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Government/Top Secret

International designator

2022-093

Launches in 2022

96th of 186

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