The robotic space plane Chinaknown as Shenron, surprised again by releasing six mysterious objects into Earth’s orbit, just four days after launching its third mission.
Designated as OBJECT A, B, C, D, E and F, these materials are monitored by space enthusiasts around the world, who have already recorded emissions from some of them.
Chinese space plane releases six enigmatic objects
Chinese vehicle launches strange items into Earth orbit – Illustrative image: Internet/Reproduction
Scott Tilley, a satellite tracker and amateur astronomer from Canada, noted that the signal emitted by OBJECT A resembles emissions from previous Chinese space plane missions.
Tilley, known for his precise analyses, describes objects D and E as emitting idle ‘placeholder’ signals, with no associated data.
It is worth noting that such intermittent emissions contrast with those observed in previous Chinese space plane missions.
This is not the first time that the space plane Chinese carries out such release of objects into orbit. On its previous missions, launched in September 2020 and August 2022, the spacecraft was also spotted dropping unknown objects.
Amateur trackers, after careful analysis, are confident that the emissions are directly related to the items or their proximity, based on observations along their expected paths across the sky.
The unique modulation of these signals, detected at a frequency of 2280MHz, suggests a distinct link to previous Chinese spaceplane missions.
Speculation about the nature of the objects includes the possibility that they are service modules, test articles to practice placing payloads into orbit, or even small satellites intended to monitor the space plane itself.
O mystery in space continues, leaving the space community and the public eager for more information about the origin and purpose of the enigmatic objects released by the Shenron space plane.
