ET, Jonathan McDowell, astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,notedon X.
Will be interesting to see if the plane maneuvers or lands soon.
It seems to have been ejected about 1900 UTC May 24.
China’s Long March rocket was used to launch the spaceplane to orbit on December 14, 2023.Photo: Andy Wong (AP)
Shortly afterward, the vehicledeployed six objects into orbit, which appeared to be emitting various signals.
During its previous missions, the spaceplane hasreleased other mysterious objects into orbitwithout identifying their purpose.
Similarly, the U.S. Space Force has its own spaceplane; theBoeing X-37.
The U.S. Space Forcelaunched the X-37B aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocketon December 28 for its seventh mission.
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