Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft

The Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft (; CSSHQ) is the first Chinese reusable spacecraft. It was launched on 4 September 2020 at 07:30 UTC on a Long March 2F from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in the Gobi Desert of northwestern China. Xinhua News Agency said in a report, "After a period of in-orbit operation, the spacecraft will return to the scheduled landing site in China. It will test reusable technologies during its flight, providing technological support for the peaceful use of space".
Unofficial reports indicate that the spacecraft is part of the Shenlong programme, which is claimed to be similar to the Boeing X-37B.
History.
On 6 September 2020, two days after the launch, CSSHQ successfully returned to an airbase. Marco Langbroek and Jonathan McDowell said the landing site was an airbase at Lop Nur.
On September 7, 2020, commercial satellite reconnaissance company Planet Labs published a satellite photo of a runway at Lop Nur, taken shortly after the landing of the spaceplane. Jonathon McDowell, of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, speculated that one of the dots visible on the runway is the Chinese spaceplane. 
On September 8, 2020, "Space Flight Now" reported American officials had detected the launch at 7:30 GMT, that the craft's orbit's axes were and , and its orbit was titled 50.2 degrees to the equator.
Specifications.
Chen Hongbo, of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the main contractor for China's space agency, said during a 2017 interview that China's space plane would be able to be re-used up to 20 times. Chen said the vehicle's first stage would use a scramjet engine.
On March 24, 2020, officials said the vehicle was designed to carry a crew of six. Its takeoff weight would be 21.6 tonnes, and it would be long.
Speculation over the spaceplane's role.
When asked to speculate on the spaceplane's role Brian Weedon, director of program planning for the Secure World Foundation said, "It's a great question. We're not even really sure why the U.S. military is pursuing a space plane."
McDowell speculated that the very high speeds the spaceplane underwent during re-entry might help the Chinese in their development of hypersonic missiles. He added the Chinese may have thought, "If the Americans have one of those, there's got to be a good reason for it, so we better get one too."