{"id":149806,"date":"2026-04-16T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149806"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:00:14","slug":"chinas-qingzhou-robotic-craft-tests-space-debris-capture-and-clean-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149806","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Qingzhou robotic craft tests space debris capture and clean-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s prototype Qingzhou robotic cargo spacecraft successfully conducted capture and towing operations on \u201cnon-cooperative\u201d space targets, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday.<br \/>\nThe progress paves the way for so-called orbital tow trucks capable of clearing space debris and derelict satellites.<br \/>\nThe prototype spacecraft launched last month also conducted a suite of in-orbit experiments designed to sustain long-duration missions, according to CCTV. These included automated metal&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3350337\/chinas-qingzhou-robotic-craft-tests-space-debris-capture-and-clean?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\u2019s prototype Qingzhou robotic cargo spacecraft successfully conducted capture and towing operations on \u201cnon-cooperative\u201d space targets, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Thursday. The progress&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\/149806"}],"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=149806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149806\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}