A large sail deployed by China aims to deorbit a rocket component within two years.
China has unfolded a large sail attached to a rocket component following a recent launch, as part of tests designed to help reduce the amount of space junk orbiting Earth.from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China on June 24, successfully placing three Yaogan 35 series satellites into orbit.
As a previously undisclosed bonus mission, the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology , the rocket’s maker, unfolded a 269-square-foot deorbiting sail a day later.The 269-square-foot Chinese drag sail will help deorbit a 660-pound object within two years, if all goes according to plan. SAST announced the test on July 4. The sail is apparently attached to the payload adapter on the rocket’s upper stage.
The plan is for the sail to help deorbit the 661-pound device, which is currently circling Earth at an average altitude of about 305 miles , within two years. An object separate from the Long March upper stage has been tracked in orbit by the U.S. military and has the international designator
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