China retrieves first reusable, returnable test satellite

BEIJING: Chinasuccessfully retrieved its first reusable and returnable test satellite, Shijian 19, at the Dongfeng landing site in northChina s Inner...

BEIJING: China successfully retrieved its first reusable and returnable test satellite, Shijian-19, at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 1039 am (Beijing Time) Friday, said the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

All the returnable payloads in fields like plant and microorganism breeding, autonomous control and new technology validation, space science experiments, as well as social welfare and cultural innovation, have been retrieved smoothly, said the CNSA.

The flight tests have broken through key technologies such as reusability, damage-free recovery, and high microgravity assurance, verifying the technical indicators of the new generation of high-performance reusable return-style space test platforms and achieving all expected test results.

Featuring high microgravity levels and good timeliness, Shijian-19 is an efficient space test platform for high microgravity levels, supporting research in microgravity science and space life science.