The BX-1 microsatellite is the companion (inspection) demonstration spacecraft of the SZ-7 (Shenzhou-7) mission, China's third manned spaceship, which was launched on Sept. 25, 2008 by a CZ-2F (Long March) vehicle from the JSLC (Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center) in the northwestern Gansu Province of China. The meaning of “ban xing” is an ...