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JUL 14 1 ITEM

00:00 ET China Recovers Booster via Net Capture in Reusability Milestone China's Long March 10B, with a planned payload capacity of at least 16 metric tons, launched from Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site on July 10, 2026 and had its first stage ca... CHINADAILY long march 10b China rocket

APR 21 1 ITEM

00:00 ET China Backs Orbital Data Center Startup Orbital Chenguang with $8.4 Billion in Credit Lines Beijing-based Orbital Chenguang closed a Pre-A1 equity round from Haisong Capital, CITIC Construction Investment Capital, Cathay Capital, and others, alongside strategic credit ... SPACENEWS China Orbital Data Centers

APR 8 1 ITEM

00:00 ET Secure World Foundation Publishes 2026 Global Counterspace Capabilities Report The Secure World Foundation published its 2026 Global Counterspace Capabilities Report on April 8, 2026, documenting counterspace capability development across 13 countries incl... SWFOUND China Defense In-Orbit Servicing

APR 3 1 ITEM

00:00 ET China's Tianlong-3 Reusable Rocket Fails on Maiden Flight Space Pioneer's Tianlong-3, a Falcon 9-class partially reusable rocket powered by nine TH-12 engines, failed approximately 33 seconds after liftoff from Jiuquan on its inaugural... SPACENEWS China Launch

APR 1 1 ITEM

00:00 ET China's Reusable Rocket Tianlong-3 Targeting April 3 Maiden Flight Space Pioneer's Tianlong-3, a 71-meter, 9-engine, LOX/kerosene reusable rocket that closely mirrors Falcon 9 in dimensions and engine layout, is targeting an April 3 maiden flig... CHINA IN SPACE China Launch

MAR 30 1 ITEM

00:00 ET China's CAS Space Debuts Kinetica-2 Rocket on Maiden Flight CAS Space successfully launched Kinetica-2 from Jiuquan, delivering three satellites including a prototype of the Qingzhou commercial cargo spacecraft for the Tiangong space sta... NASASPACEFLIGHT China Launch

MAR 12 1 ITEM

00:00 ET China Targets Asteroid 2016 WP8 for 2027 Planetary Defense Mission China has identified near-Earth asteroid 2016 WP8 as the likely target for its first kinetic planetary defense test mission, scheduled for launch in December 2027. The update ca... SPACENEWS China

MAR 8 1 ITEM

00:00 ET China rolled Long March-8A Y8 to the pad for another satellite internet mission Chinese state media said Long March-8A Y8 was moved to Launch Pad No. 1 in Hainan ahead of a near-term mission. The vehicle is described as a core launcher for China’s satellite... PEOPLE China Long March

FEB 23 1 ITEM

00:00 ET China’s Shenlong Space Plane Conducts 4th Orbital Mission China’s highly classified Shenlong robotic space plane is currently executing its 4th orbital mission. U.S. Space Force analysts are monitoring the vehicle as it is believed to ... SPACE China Launch Shenlong

FEB 16 1 ITEM

00:00 ET China Completes AI testing for “Three-Body” orbital computing constellation The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) has concluded nine months of testing for its "Three-Body" Computing Constellation. The tests successfully demonstrat... SATNEWS China Orbital Data Centers