China Plans Planetary Defense Test By Slamming Mach 26 Spacecraft Into Asteroid
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Source: Zero Hedge
Published: 2026-07-24 13:00 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Science, Culture & Entertainment, Asia, Military & Defence, China, Space, Asia Pacific, Technology
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A new paper under peer review by the Chinese-language Journal of Deep Space Exploration lays out an ambitious plan to crash a spacecraft at Mach 26, or 20,000 mph, into a near-Earth asteroid to test new planetary defenses.
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