"China's Spaceplane Deploys 7th Mysterious Object in Orbit"
TL;DR
China's reusable space plane, Shenlong, has released another unknown object into Earth's orbit during its third mission. The object, cataloged by the U.S. Space Force, could be a subsatellite or hardware ejected before deorbiting. This follows previous similar activities by Shenlong, which has been in orbit for 168 days. The mission aims to verify reusable technology and conduct space science experiments.
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