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Yesterday, December 16th, China began deployment of its GuoWang internet mega-constellation with the launch of a Long March 5B from the Wenchang Space Launch Site carrying ten satellites. Plans for GuoWang were kicked off around 2020 and 2021 by China's National Development and Reform Commission and the country&

Dec 17, 2024 • 2 mins

China has performed over a half dozen launches in November, debuting two new launch vehicles. One of these is from a state-owned enterprise while the other is from a privately-held company, and builds off of previous successes. The first debut took place on November 27th with LandSpace’s improved Zhuque-2E

Nov 30, 2024 • 5 mins

China launched its eighth crewed mission to its Tiangong Space Station at 04:27 am China Standard Time (October 29th), or 20:47 pm Universal Coordinated Time (October 30th). This new crew will take over from the outgoing Shenzhou-18 crew, after sharing the station with them for a few days.

Oct 30, 2024 • 8 mins

The Chinese Manned Space Agency has awarded commercial cargo contracts, and gives moon mission updates. Learn about it now!

Oct 29, 2024 • 5 mins

Get to know the dozens of Long March rockets from China.

Oct 23, 2024 • 32 mins

LandSpace announced on October 21st that it had successfully conducted a static fire test with its TQ-15A engine and a new second-stage design. The duration of the test was not shared. The new second-stage is stated as utilizing a common bulkhead design along with replacing the TQ-12 engine and four

Oct 22, 2024 • 2 mins

On October 15th, the China National Space Administration, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the China Manned Space Agency announced a plan for the next twenty-five years of space exploration. These three agencies released a document, titled National Space Science Medium-and Long-Term Development Plan (2024-2050), which outlines general objectives for

Oct 15, 2024 • 6 mins

China's first reusable satellite, Shijian-19, returned to Earth on October 11th. According to the China National Space Administration, the Shijian-19 spacecraft's capsule touched down in the Dongfeng Landing Site, located inside the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at 10:39 am China Standard Time, or 02:39

Oct 11, 2024 • 2 mins

October 1st, 2024, is the day when the People's Republic of China turns 75! As such we'd like to celebrate by recapping what we believe to be some of the greatest achievements of China's space exploration efforts. Before we begin do understand that this

Oct 1, 2024 • 9 mins

Sixteen years and one day after taikonauts Zhai Zhigang (翟志刚) and Liu Boming (刘伯明) performed China’s first spacewalk, the China Manned Space Agency unveiled the spacesuit that will be used by taikonauts on the lunar surface later this decade! The currently unnamed spacesuit was unveiled to the public at

Sep 28, 2024 • 3 mins

In the past week, five rockets have blasted off from China's various launch sites carrying two dozen satellites into orbit. These launches also bring China's total number of launches this year up to 45! September 19th - Long March 3B/E Beginning the busy week of

Sep 25, 2024 • 6 mins

LandSpace, a Chinese commercial launch company, announced that they had completed a 10-kilometer hop test. The hop test was using the company's Zhuque-3 VTVL-1 vehicle, with it launching and landing inside the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for the test. This test was the first time a privately held

Sep 11, 2024 • 5 mins

At 14:42 pm China Standard Time, or 06:42 am Universal Coordinated Time, on August 6th, the first batch of satellites for the Shanghai-backed Qianfan mega-constellation was sent skyward! This first batch of 18 satellites were sent to a polar orbit atop of a Long March 6A from the

Aug 6, 2024 • 3 mins