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Author Archives: Andrew Jones

Andrew Jones covers China's space industry for SpaceNews. Andrew has previously lived in China and reported from major space conferences there. Based in Helsinki, Finland, he has written for National Geographic, New Scientist, Smithsonian Magazine, Sky & Telescope, IEEE Spectrum, and The Wire China.

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Aerial view of CAS Space's Kinetica-2 first-stage hot fire test, showing flames and thick smoke rising from a test stand nestled in forested hills.
Posted inCommercial, News, Policy & Politics

China’s Guangdong province lays out ambitious commercial space objectives

by Andrew JonesAugust 28, 2025August 28, 2025
A Long March 8A rocket lifts off at night from the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center, with bright flames and exhaust clouds illuminating the launch tower and surrounding gantry structures.
Posted inCivil, Launch, News

China sends 10th group of Guowang broadband satellites into orbit with Long March 8A launch

by Andrew JonesAugust 25, 2025August 25, 2025
Zhuque-3 first stage stands vertically on the launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, secured to a large blue service tower, with the sun setting behind it. The stainless steel rocket displays the Landspace logo prominently.
Posted inCivil, Commercial, Launch, News

China is about to start trying to land and reuse its rockets

by Andrew JonesAugust 25, 2025August 25, 2025
A Long March 12 rocket lifts off from the Wenchang Commercial Launch Site in Hainan, China, on August 4, 2025, trailing a bright plume of exhaust and thick clouds of smoke against a twilight sky. The rocket is carrying a batch of low Earth orbit broadband satellites developed by GalaxySpace.
Posted inCivil, Commercial, Launch, News

New rocket plans continue to emerge to support China’s growing space ambitions

by Andrew JonesAugust 22, 2025August 22, 2025
A white Kinetica-1 rocket operated by Chinese launch company CAS Space ascends into a clear blue sky, leaving behind a bright flame and thick plume of brownish exhaust. The rocket has just lifted off from a desert launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. In the foreground are low, rectangular buildings with blue roofs, a large white hangar, and tall metal towers used for communications. The barren desert landscape stretches flat into the distance under an open sky.
Posted inCommercial, Launch, News

China’s CAS Space launches first Latin American payloads on Kinetica-1 rocket

by Andrew JonesAugust 19, 2025August 19, 2025
A Long March 6A rocket lifts off at night from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China, sending a batch of Guowang broadband satellites into orbit. Bright exhaust and thick clouds of smoke billow around the launch pad against the dark sky.
Posted inCivil, Launch, Military, News

China launches test low-inclination satellite, new Guowang broadband group

by Andrew JonesAugust 18, 2025August 18, 2025
Exhaust billows from a tethered static fire test of a Long March 10 first-stage test article at the LC-301 launch pad, Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan Island, China, Aug. 15, 2025.
Posted inCivil, News

China conducts first seven-engine static fire test for moon rocket

by Andrew JonesAugust 15, 2025August 15, 2025
Posted inCommercial, Launch, News

Chinese launch startup Landspace suffers Zhuque-2 failure

by Andrew JonesAugust 15, 2025August 15, 2025
Aerial view of CAS Space's Kinetica-2 first-stage hot fire test, showing flames and thick smoke rising from a test stand nestled in forested hills.
Posted inCommercial, News, Policy & Politics

Chinese launch startups CAS Space, Landspace advance plans for IPOs

by Andrew JonesAugust 14, 2025August 14, 2025
Posted inCommercial, Launch, News

Chinese launch startup unveils autonomous rocket recovery ship

by Andrew JonesAugust 11, 2025August 11, 2025

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