BEIJING, Mar. 9 (China Space News) — China will soon launch its retrievable Shijian-10 satellite to carry out research in microgravity and space life science.
The Shijian-10 spacecraft has been delivered to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu Province in the Gobi Desert, where it will undergo tests for launch in April.
As part of a growing program of space science research, Shijian-10 is China’s first microgravity experimental satellite and will spend 15 days in space before returning to Earth with results for analysis.
All of China’s previous 24 recoverable satellites have been successfully recovered.
