China on Wednesday April 06,2016 launched a retrievable scientific
research satellite in a bid to aid scientists to study microgravity and
space life science.
SJ-10 was put into orbit by Long March 2-D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in north-western China’s Gobi desert
SJ-10 is the second of four scientific satellites under a CAS space program. Unlike the others, SJ-10 is returnable.
It is the 25th such retrievable satellite launched by China in the past decades
While in space, the bullet-shaped probe will house 19
experiments involving microgravity fluid physics, microgravity
combustion, space material, space radiation effect, microgravity
biological effect and space biotechnology, before coming back to Earth
with results, state run Xinhua news agency reported.
On-board experiments were selected from a pool of over 200 applicants.
They include one that will study early-stage development of mouse
embryos in microgravity to shed light on human reproduction in space,
and another studying space radiation effects on genetic stability of
fruit flies and rat cells.
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