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  1. #SpaceNews:
    "
    Chinese spaceplane releases object into orbit, according to commercial space surveillance
    "
    ".. Long March 2F rocket launched the orbital spaceplane into low Earth orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert Feb. 7 local time. The spacecraft then raised its orbit to a roughly circular 593-kilometer altitude. .."

    spacenews.com/chinese-spacepla

    22.6.2026

    #China #LeoLabs #Raumfahrt #Raumgleiter #Shenlong #SpaceFlight #Spaceplane

  2. #SpaceNews:
    "
    Chinese spaceplane releases object into orbit, according to commercial space surveillance
    "
    ".. Long March 2F rocket launched the orbital spaceplane into low Earth orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert Feb. 7 local time. The spacecraft then raised its orbit to a roughly circular 593-kilometer altitude. .."

    spacenews.com/chinese-spacepla

    22.6.2026

    #China #LeoLabs #Raumfahrt #Raumgleiter #Shenlong #SpaceFlight #Spaceplane

  3. #SpaceNews:
    "
    Chinese spaceplane releases object into orbit, according to commercial space surveillance
    "
    ".. Long March 2F rocket launched the orbital spaceplane into low Earth orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert Feb. 7 local time. The spacecraft then raised its orbit to a roughly circular 593-kilometer altitude. .."

    spacenews.com/chinese-spacepla

    22.6.2026

    #China #LeoLabs #Raumfahrt #Raumgleiter #Shenlong #SpaceFlight #Spaceplane

  4. #SpaceNews:
    "
    Chinese spaceplane releases object into orbit, according to commercial space surveillance
    "
    ".. Long March 2F rocket launched the orbital spaceplane into low Earth orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert Feb. 7 local time. The spacecraft then raised its orbit to a roughly circular 593-kilometer altitude. .."

    spacenews.com/chinese-spacepla

    22.6.2026

    #China #LeoLabs #Raumfahrt #Raumgleiter #Shenlong #SpaceFlight #Spaceplane

  5. #SpaceNews:
    "
    Chinese spaceplane releases object into orbit, according to commercial space surveillance
    "
    ".. Long March 2F rocket launched the orbital spaceplane into low Earth orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert Feb. 7 local time. The spacecraft then raised its orbit to a roughly circular 593-kilometer altitude. .."

    spacenews.com/chinese-spacepla

    22.6.2026

    #China #LeoLabs #Raumfahrt #Raumgleiter #Shenlong #SpaceFlight #Spaceplane

  6. Chinese spaceplane releases object into orbit, according to commercial space surveillance
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>China’s secretive spaceplane has released an object into orbit during its ongoing fourth mission
    #surveillance #spaceplane #commercial #according

  7. Chinese spaceplane releases object into orbit, according to commercial space surveillance
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>China’s secretive spaceplane has released an object into orbit during its ongoing fourth mission
    #surveillance #spaceplane #commercial #according

  8. Chinese spaceplane releases object into orbit, according to commercial space surveillance
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>China’s secretive spaceplane has released an object into orbit during its ongoing fourth mission
    #surveillance #spaceplane #commercial #according

  9. Chinese spaceplane releases object into orbit, according to commercial space surveillance
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>China’s secretive spaceplane has released an object into orbit during its ongoing fourth mission
    #surveillance #spaceplane #commercial #according

  10. Virgin Galactic returns Unity to flight to prepare for next-generation spaceplane
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>The Virgin Galactic spaceplane used for the company’s first commercial flights has returned to
    #generation #spaceplane #galactic #returns

  11. Virgin Galactic returns Unity to flight to prepare for next-generation spaceplane
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>The Virgin Galactic spaceplane used for the company’s first commercial flights has returned to
    #generation #spaceplane #galactic #returns

  12. Stupid simple little sketch from better years, but why not? I like it anyway. From yours truly: "Two generations of spaceplanes".

    #art #sketch #aircraft #liftingbody #spaceplane #spacecraft #digitalart

  13. Stupid simple little sketch from better years, but why not? I like it anyway. From yours truly: "Two generations of spaceplanes".

    #art #sketch #aircraft #liftingbody #spaceplane #spacecraft #digitalart

  14. Stupid simple little sketch from better years, but why not? I like it anyway. From yours truly: "Two generations of spaceplanes".

    #art #sketch #aircraft #liftingbody #spaceplane #spacecraft #digitalart

  15. Stupid simple little sketch from better years, but why not? I like it anyway. From yours truly: "Two generations of spaceplanes".

    #art #sketch #aircraft #liftingbody #spaceplane #spacecraft #digitalart

  16. Stupid simple little sketch from better years, but why not? I like it anyway. From yours truly: "Two generations of spaceplanes".

    #art #sketch #aircraft #liftingbody #spaceplane #spacecraft #digitalart

  17. After a moon landing, a lunar cycler space station, which, surprisingly, means lifting bodies just might have their day in the sun...

    Read more at my #blog: adamasnemesis.com/2026/04/26/a

    This post's featured image is of various experimental lifting-body craft from the 1960s.

    #worldbuilding #alternatehistory #space #technology #spaceflight #spacecraft #liftingbody #spaceplane #history

  18. After a moon landing, a lunar cycler space station, which, surprisingly, means lifting bodies just might have their day in the sun...

    Read more at my #blog: adamasnemesis.com/2026/04/26/a

    This post's featured image is of various experimental lifting-body craft from the 1960s.

    #worldbuilding #alternatehistory #space #technology #spaceflight #spacecraft #liftingbody #spaceplane #history

  19. After a moon landing, a lunar cycler space station, which, surprisingly, means lifting bodies just might have their day in the sun...

    Read more at my #blog: adamasnemesis.com/2026/04/26/a

    This post's featured image is of various experimental lifting-body craft from the 1960s.

    #worldbuilding #alternatehistory #space #technology #spaceflight #spacecraft #liftingbody #spaceplane #history

  20. After a moon landing, a lunar cycler space station, which, surprisingly, means lifting bodies just might have their day in the sun...

    Read more at my #blog: adamasnemesis.com/2026/04/26/a

    This post's featured image is of various experimental lifting-body craft from the 1960s.

    #worldbuilding #alternatehistory #space #technology #spaceflight #spacecraft #liftingbody #spaceplane #history

  21. After a moon landing, a lunar cycler space station, which, surprisingly, means lifting bodies just might have their day in the sun...

    Read more at my #blog: adamasnemesis.com/2026/04/26/a

    This post's featured image is of various experimental lifting-body craft from the 1960s.

    #worldbuilding #alternatehistory #space #technology #spaceflight #spacecraft #liftingbody #spaceplane #history

  22. RE: mastodon.social/@europeanspace

    #POLARIS Spaceplanes announced that it had been awarded a contract by the Federal Office of #Bundeswehr Equipment. The first test of its full-sized #spaceplane was planned for 2028 (as of 2024)

  23. RE: mastodon.social/@europeanspace

    #POLARIS Spaceplanes announced that it had been awarded a contract by the Federal Office of #Bundeswehr Equipment. The first test of its full-sized #spaceplane was planned for 2028 (as of 2024)

  24. RE: mastodon.social/@europeanspace

    #POLARIS Spaceplanes announced that it had been awarded a contract by the Federal Office of #Bundeswehr Equipment. The first test of its full-sized #spaceplane was planned for 2028 (as of 2024)

  25. RE: mastodon.social/@europeanspace

    #POLARIS Spaceplanes announced that it had been awarded a contract by the Federal Office of #Bundeswehr Equipment. The first test of its full-sized #spaceplane was planned for 2028 (as of 2024)

  26. RE: mastodon.social/@europeanspace

    #POLARIS Spaceplanes announced that it had been awarded a contract by the Federal Office of #Bundeswehr Equipment. The first test of its full-sized #spaceplane was planned for 2028 (as of 2024)

  27. #ZDF:
    "
    Start-up baut Raumflugzeug für die Bundeswehr
    "
    "Eine Bremer Firma entwickelt ein Hyperschall-Raumflugzeug für die Bundeswehr. Die will im Weltall "kriegstüchtig" werden – und investiert 35 Milliarden Euro in Raumfahrtprojekte."

    zdfheute.de/wirtschaft/ruestun

    3.2.2026

    #Bundeswehr #BW #PolarisRaumflugzeuge #Raumfahrt #Raumflugzeug #SpaceFlight #spaceplane

  28. #ZDF:
    "
    Start-up baut Raumflugzeug für die Bundeswehr
    "
    "Eine Bremer Firma entwickelt ein Hyperschall-Raumflugzeug für die Bundeswehr. Die will im Weltall "kriegstüchtig" werden – und investiert 35 Milliarden Euro in Raumfahrtprojekte."

    zdfheute.de/wirtschaft/ruestun

    3.2.2026

    #Bundeswehr #BW #PolarisRaumflugzeuge #Raumfahrt #Raumflugzeug #SpaceFlight #spaceplane

  29. #ZDF:
    "
    Start-up baut Raumflugzeug für die Bundeswehr
    "
    "Eine Bremer Firma entwickelt ein Hyperschall-Raumflugzeug für die Bundeswehr. Die will im Weltall "kriegstüchtig" werden – und investiert 35 Milliarden Euro in Raumfahrtprojekte."

    zdfheute.de/wirtschaft/ruestun

    3.2.2026

    #Bundeswehr #BW #PolarisRaumflugzeuge #Raumfahrt #Raumflugzeug #SpaceFlight #spaceplane

  30. #ZDF:
    "
    Start-up baut Raumflugzeug für die Bundeswehr
    "
    "Eine Bremer Firma entwickelt ein Hyperschall-Raumflugzeug für die Bundeswehr. Die will im Weltall "kriegstüchtig" werden – und investiert 35 Milliarden Euro in Raumfahrtprojekte."

    zdfheute.de/wirtschaft/ruestun

    3.2.2026

    #Bundeswehr #BW #PolarisRaumflugzeuge #Raumfahrt #Raumflugzeug #SpaceFlight #spaceplane

  31. #ZDF:
    "
    Start-up baut Raumflugzeug für die Bundeswehr
    "
    "Eine Bremer Firma entwickelt ein Hyperschall-Raumflugzeug für die Bundeswehr. Die will im Weltall "kriegstüchtig" werden – und investiert 35 Milliarden Euro in Raumfahrtprojekte."

    zdfheute.de/wirtschaft/ruestun

    3.2.2026

    #Bundeswehr #BW #PolarisRaumflugzeuge #Raumfahrt #Raumflugzeug #SpaceFlight #spaceplane

  32. A less realistic, but maximally fun SSTO.

    These tilt-engines are way more powerful and efficient than what I usually use in KSP, to the point where they probably are unrealistic af. That’s why I didn’t even bother with the TWR or dV this time. But having one part that can do a tilt engine is SO nice. If you want it to be a bit more realistic, I guess you can lower the thrust limiter. 

    Its very power hungry, but it comes with an internal nuclear reactor which has a heatsink slapped on to it. This way it can run for quite a long time before running out of juice. Some capacitors also help extending that time. The cargo bay doors can also act as radiators if opened.

    The COM is very carefully balanced so this thing is stable both in horizontal and vertical flight, the RCS is centred and the docking port aligns with it reasonably well. (you can dock it to the front of a mothership and it won’t make it spin out of control. If you want to use the engines to propel the other ship though, you might spin)

    #spaceart #digitalart #muellermeier #krita #KSP #blueprint #SSTO #spaceplane #VTOL #Kerbal

  33. A less realistic, but maximally fun SSTO.

    These tilt-engines are way more powerful and efficient than what I usually use in KSP, to the point where they probably are unrealistic af. That’s why I didn’t even bother with the TWR or dV this time. But having one part that can do a tilt engine is SO nice. If you want it to be a bit more realistic, I guess you can lower the thrust limiter. 

    Its very power hungry, but it comes with an internal nuclear reactor which has a heatsink slapped on to it. This way it can run for quite a long time before running out of juice. Some capacitors also help extending that time. The cargo bay doors can also act as radiators if opened.

    The COM is very carefully balanced so this thing is stable both in horizontal and vertical flight, the RCS is centred and the docking port aligns with it reasonably well. (you can dock it to the front of a mothership and it won’t make it spin out of control. If you want to use the engines to propel the other ship though, you might spin)

    #spaceart #digitalart #muellermeier #krita #KSP #blueprint #SSTO #spaceplane #VTOL #Kerbal

  34. A less realistic, but maximally fun SSTO.

    These tilt-engines are way more powerful and efficient than what I usually use in KSP, to the point where they probably are unrealistic af. That’s why I didn’t even bother with the TWR or dV this time. But having one part that can do a tilt engine is SO nice. If you want it to be a bit more realistic, I guess you can lower the thrust limiter. 

    Its very power hungry, but it comes with an internal nuclear reactor which has a heatsink slapped on to it. This way it can run for quite a long time before running out of juice. Some capacitors also help extending that time. The cargo bay doors can also act as radiators if opened.

    The COM is very carefully balanced so this thing is stable both in horizontal and vertical flight, the RCS is centred and the docking port aligns with it reasonably well. (you can dock it to the front of a mothership and it won’t make it spin out of control. If you want to use the engines to propel the other ship though, you might spin)

    #spaceart #digitalart #muellermeier #krita #KSP #blueprint #SSTO #spaceplane #VTOL #Kerbal

  35. A less realistic, but maximally fun SSTO.

    These tilt-engines are way more powerful and efficient than what I usually use in KSP, to the point where they probably are unrealistic af. That’s why I didn’t even bother with the TWR or dV this time. But having one part that can do a tilt engine is SO nice. If you want it to be a bit more realistic, I guess you can lower the thrust limiter. 

    Its very power hungry, but it comes with an internal nuclear reactor which has a heatsink slapped on to it. This way it can run for quite a long time before running out of juice. Some capacitors also help extending that time. The cargo bay doors can also act as radiators if opened.

    The COM is very carefully balanced so this thing is stable both in horizontal and vertical flight, the RCS is centred and the docking port aligns with it reasonably well. (you can dock it to the front of a mothership and it won’t make it spin out of control. If you want to use the engines to propel the other ship though, you might spin)

    #spaceart #digitalart #muellermeier #krita #KSP #blueprint #SSTO #spaceplane #VTOL #Kerbal

  36. A less realistic, but maximally fun SSTO.

    These tilt-engines are way more powerful and efficient than what I usually use in KSP, to the point where they probably are unrealistic af. That’s why I didn’t even bother with the TWR or dV this time. But having one part that can do a tilt engine is SO nice. If you want it to be a bit more realistic, I guess you can lower the thrust limiter. 

    Its very power hungry, but it comes with an internal nuclear reactor which has a heatsink slapped on to it. This way it can run for quite a long time before running out of juice. Some capacitors also help extending that time. The cargo bay doors can also act as radiators if opened.

    The COM is very carefully balanced so this thing is stable both in horizontal and vertical flight, the RCS is centred and the docking port aligns with it reasonably well. (you can dock it to the front of a mothership and it won’t make it spin out of control. If you want to use the engines to propel the other ship though, you might spin)

    #spaceart #digitalart #muellermeier #krita #KSP #blueprint #SSTO #spaceplane #VTOL #Kerbal

  37. ‘Space Killer’: China Is Seriously Freaking Out Over The X-37B Spaceplane

    Key Points and Summary – The X-37B is a reusable, unmanned U.S. spaceplane used as an orbital testbed…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #NASA #Science #SpaceForce #Spaceplane #X-37 #X-37B
    newsbeep.com/us/171200/

  38. ‘Space Killer’: China Is Seriously Freaking Out Over The X-37B Spaceplane

    Key Points and Summary – The X-37B is a reusable, unmanned U.S. spaceplane used as an orbital testbed…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #NASA #Science #SpaceForce #Spaceplane #X-37 #X-37B
    newsbeep.com/us/171200/

  39. #US #military’s #X37B #spaceplane stays relevant with launch of another mission
    Now, on Mission 8, the #spaceplane heads back to low-Earth orbit hosting quantum navigation and laser communications experiments. Few people, if any, envisioned these kinds of missions flying on the X-37B when it first soared to space 15 years ago. At that time, quantum sensing was confined to the lab, and the first laser communication demonstrations in space were barely underway.
    arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/ #SpaceForce

  40. #US #military’s #X37B #spaceplane stays relevant with launch of another mission
    Now, on Mission 8, the #spaceplane heads back to low-Earth orbit hosting quantum navigation and laser communications experiments. Few people, if any, envisioned these kinds of missions flying on the X-37B when it first soared to space 15 years ago. At that time, quantum sensing was confined to the lab, and the first laser communication demonstrations in space were barely underway.
    arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/ #SpaceForce

  41. ’s stays relevant with launch of another mission
    Now, on Mission 8, the heads back to low-Earth orbit hosting quantum navigation and laser communications experiments. Few people, if any, envisioned these kinds of missions flying on the X-37B when it first soared to space 15 years ago. At that time, quantum sensing was confined to the lab, and the first laser communication demonstrations in space were barely underway.
    arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/