ChinaThe spaceplane’s design nearly matches the US X-37B.
The Defense Intelligence Agency confirmed the long-circulating image in a new unclassified report.
The Chinese craft has payload-bay doors, tricycle landing gear and a tail extension like the X-37B’s, but a longer wing chord.
It is unclear when Maxar took the image, and neither it nor the Space Force commented in 2024.
How each outlet framed it
- The War Zone
- reconstructs the DIA confirmation from a higher-resolution copy and compares the Chinese craft's design directly to the X-37B
Sources: The War Zone