China's Secret Space Plane Deploys Mysterious Objects in Orbit
China's Shenlong space plane has deployed six unknown objects into Earth orbit, with some emitting signals. Amateur spacecraft trackers have been closely monitoring the objects and have observed emissions from some of them. The objects have been designated as OBJECT A, B, C, D, E, and F. OBJECT A's emissions resemble those emitted by previous objects released by China's space plane. OBJECT D and E emit intermittent "placeholder" signals. Satellite trackers have analyzed the signals and are confident they are coming from the objects or close proximity to them. The behavior of the space plane is different from previous missions, and close encounters between OBJECT A and OBJECTs D and E are expected. The United States also operates a similar space plane, the X-37B, and the timing of the launches is not a coincidence.