{"id":148583,"date":"2026-03-26T01:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148583"},"modified":"2026-03-26T01:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:31:00","slug":"chinese-satellite-performs-landmark-refuelling-test-in-low-earth-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148583","title":{"rendered":"Chinese satellite performs landmark refuelling test in low Earth orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA Chinese commercial satellite has completed a refuelling test in low Earth orbit using a flexible \u201coctopus tentacle\u201d robotic arm, advancing efforts to extend spacecraft lifespans and develop in-orbit servicing abilities.<br \/>\nThe Hukeda-2, or Yuxing-3 06, demonstration satellite used its flexible arm to carry out compliance control and refuelling tests after blasting off from Jiuquan in China\u2019s northwestern Gansu province last week, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Tuesday.<br \/>\nThe arm can curl, twist&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3347888\/chinese-satellite-performs-landmark-refuelling-test-low-earth-orbit?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 PostA Chinese commercial satellite has completed a refuelling test in low Earth orbit using a flexible \u201coctopus tentacle\u201d robotic arm, advancing efforts to extend&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\/148583"}],"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=148583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}