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China’s top secret space plane revealed in rare unclassified image

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Details of Shenlong spacecraft revealed in Pentagon report on Chinese space weapons. The US has unclassified an image of a top secret Chinese space plane currently orbiting the Earth. China’s Shenlong spacecraft was first photographed in 2024 by a commercial imaging satellite, but a full-resolution image was only made available in a new Pentagon report on space threats. The picture of the uncrewed vehicle, captured by the American firm Vantor (formerly Maxar), shows a winged craft that resembles the US Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane. It features payload bay doors that suggest it is…

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