{"id":189845,"date":"2023-12-15T21:38:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189845"},"modified":"2023-12-15T21:38:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:38:53","slug":"china-launches-secretive-spacecraft-on-mysterious-mission-in-third-ever-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/china-launches-secretive-spacecraft-on-mysterious-mission-in-third-ever-time\/","title":{"rendered":"China launches secretive spacecraft on mysterious mission in third ever time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/China-s-Shenlong-Divine-Dragon-5118222.jpg?r=1702674572228\"><\/p>\n<p>Beijing and Washington are said to be increasingly interested in each other&#8217;s space mission efforts, as China launches a secret space mission.<\/p>\n<p>The spacecraft blasted off on December 14 via a Long March 2F rocket, making it the third ever launch for the spacecraft. The rocket launched the spacecraft from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern Gansu province.<\/p>\n<p>China is thought to be ramping up its space mission timeline as this blast off happened just seven months after its last lift-off.<\/p>\n<p>Before the secretive launch, SpaceX, Elon Musk&#8217;s space exploration company, backed out of its seventh planned mission for the X-37B reusable space plane, a US Space Force spacecraft. It also removed the Falcon Heavy rocket from the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, mission USSF-52 was scrapped Wednesday for experts to &#8220;perform additional system checkouts&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s spacecraft is commonly known as the Shenlong, meaning &#8216;Divine Dragon&#8217; in Mandarin.<\/p>\n<p>The information that has been publicised about the mission explains how the spacecraft is being used to test new payloads and operations in orbit.<\/p>\n<p>General Chance Saltzman, US Space Force&#8217;s Chief of Space Operations, said earlier this week that SpaceX&#8217;s and China&#8217;s lift-off timing was a coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>Air and Space Forces Magazine reported General Change Saltzman, US Space Force&#8217;s Chief of Space Operations, said: &#8220;Because it is a capability; the ability to put something in orbit, do some things, and bring it home and take a look at the results is powerful<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And so these are two of the most watched objects in orbit while they&#8217;re in orbit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The most recent Chinese launch took a total of 276 days. 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