Beijing-based Orbital Chenguang closed a Pre-A1 equity round from Haisong Capital, CITIC Construction Investment Capital, Cathay Capital, and others, alongside strategic credit lines totaling 57.7 ...

The Secure World Foundation published its 2026 Global Counterspace Capabilities Report on April 8, 2026, documenting counterspace capability development across 13 countries including the United Sta...

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 flight. The vehicle...

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 flight from Jiuquan. It ...

CAS Space successfully launched Kinetica-2 from Jiuquan, delivering three satellites including a prototype of the Qingzhou commercial cargo spacecraft for the Tiangong space station. Kinetica-2 is ...

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 came via a presentatio...

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 internet constellat...

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 be testing rendezvou...

The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) has concluded nine months of testing for its "Three-Body" Computing Constellation. The tests successfully demonstrated the ability to ru...

China conducted a low-altitude demonstration/verification flight of its next-gen crew launch system tied to the Long March-10 / “10A” test booster, paired with an in-flight abort test of the Mengzh...