{"id":148227,"date":"2026-03-20T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148227"},"modified":"2026-03-20T01:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T01:00:13","slug":"can-china-commercial-satellites-octopus-tentacle-pass-low-orbit-refuel-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148227","title":{"rendered":"Can China commercial satellite\u2019s \u2018octopus tentacle\u2019 pass low-orbit refuel test?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has followed last year\u2019s secretive high-orbit satellite-to-satellite refuelling test with another in-orbit servicing mission that is aimed at advancing docking and refuelling technologies, while also testing ways to speed up the disposal of satellites at the end of their usefulness.<br \/>\nHukeda-2, which lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert on Monday, is China\u2019s first commercial test satellite equipped with a flexible robotic arm to capture other spacecraft, the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3347156\/can-china-commercial-satellites-octopus-tentacle-pass-low-orbit-refuel-test?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has followed last year\u2019s secretive high-orbit satellite-to-satellite refuelling test with another in-orbit servicing mission that is aimed at advancing docking and refuelling technologies,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148227"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}