Cruising along at FL 390 over central China when we see this fast moving object with a plume passing off my left side. Come to find out, it was the Tianwen 2 mission on its way to snag samples of a near-Earth asteroid.

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/china-launching-tianwen-2-mission-today-to-snag-samples-of-a-near-earth-asteroid

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/china-launching-tianwen-2-mission-today-to-snag-samples-of-a-near-earth-asteroid
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