• Subscribe
  • News
    • Latest
    • Civil
    • Commercial
    • Launch
    • Military
    • Opinion
    • Policy & Politics
  • Video & Audio
    • Webinars
    • Space Minds Podcast
    • First Up Audio
    • Commerical Space Transformers
    • Leading Women
  • Newsletters
  • Events
    • Icon Awards
    • Events Calendar
    • Submit Your Event
  • Sponsored
  • Press Releases
    • Latest
    • Post a Press Release
  • Job Board
  • Shop
  • Work With Us
    • Advertise
    • Audience
    • Rates & Specs
    • Editorial Calendar
    • Ad Portal
    • Contact Us
  • More
    • About SpaceNews
    • FAQs
    • Contact Us
  • Facebook Page
  • X
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Skip to content
SpaceNews

SpaceNews

Covering the business and politics of space

  • Subscribe
  • News
    • Latest
    • Civil
    • Commercial
    • Launch
    • Military
    • Opinion
    • Policy & Politics
  • Video & Audio
    • Webinars
    • Space Minds Podcast
    • First Up Audio
    • Commerical Space Transformers
    • Leading Women
  • Newsletters
  • Events
    • Icon Awards
    • Events Calendar
    • Submit Your Event
  • Sponsored
  • Press Releases
    • Latest
    • Post a Press Release
  • Job Board
  • Shop
  • Work With Us
    • Advertise
    • Audience
    • Rates & Specs
    • Editorial Calendar
    • Ad Portal
    • Contact Us
  • More
    • About SpaceNews
    • FAQs
    • Contact Us
  • TOPICS:
  • Golden Dome
  • Europe
  • Funding Rounds
  • Civil
  • Commercial
  • Launch
  • Military

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.

  • x
A Long March 4B rocket lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on May 29, 2025, carrying the classified Shijian-26 satellite. A large plume of orange and white smoke billows to the left of the launch pad under an overcast sky.
Posted inLaunch, News

China launches classified Shijan-26 satellite with Long March 4B rocket

by Andrew JonesMay 29, 2025May 29, 2025
A tall, cylindrical rocket is captured in the final moments of a vertical descent, hovering just above the surface of calm coastal waters during sunrise. Bright orange engine flames and thick plumes of white smoke billow outward as the rocket slows its descent for a soft splashdown. The scene is framed by a hazy sky, with distant land barely visible on the horizon. The water below reflects the rocket's light, and the atmosphere appears serene despite the powerful landing burn.
Posted inCommercial, Launch, News

Chinese launch startup conducts vertical takeoff and splashdown test

by Andrew JonesMay 29, 2025May 29, 2025
China's Long March 3B rocket launches the Tianwen-2 asteroid and comet mission from Xichang Satellite Launch Center at night, with bright orange flames and smoke illuminating the pad.
Posted inCivil, Launch, News

China launches Tianwen-2 mission to sample near Earth asteroid

by Andrew JonesMay 28, 2025May 28, 2025
Posted inCommercial, News, Policy & Politics

Chinese commercial company lands contract to build provincial satellite constellation

by Andrew JonesMay 26, 2025May 26, 2025
A Long March 7A rocket lifts off at night from China's Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, illuminating the launch pad with bright exhaust flames and casting shadows on surrounding support structures and trees.
Posted inCommercial, Launch, Military, News

China launches classified comms satellite, conducts commercial sea launch

by Andrew JonesMay 20, 2025May 20, 2025
An artistic rendering of China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft approaching an asteroid in deep space. The probe features large circular solar panels, a dish antenna, and an ion propulsion system emitting a blue glow. A small asteroid is visible in the background, set against the vast darkness of space.
Posted inCivil, News

China to launch Tianwen-2 asteroid sampling mission on May 28

by Andrew JonesMay 19, 2025May 19, 2025
A Zhuque-2E rocket lifts off from the Dongfeng Commercial Space Launch Site in northwest China, trailing a bright exhaust plume. The rocket features red graphics on its white body. A flame stack burns off excess fuel nearby, with blue infrastructure towers and arid desert terrain visible in the background.
Posted inCommercial, Launch, News

Landspace launches 6 satellites with enhanced Zhuque-2 rocket

by Andrew JonesMay 17, 2025May 17, 2025
A white Long March 2D rocket lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The rocket ascends into a clear blue sky with exhaust plumes trailing below, as the launch tower and desert landscape appear in the foreground.
Posted inAI, Launch, News

China launches first of 2,800 satellites for AI space computing constellation

by Andrew JonesMay 14, 2025May 14, 2025
A Long March 6A rocket lifts off at night from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China, with bright exhaust and smoke plumes illuminating the launch pad tower bearing Chinese characters.
Posted inLaunch, Military, News

China adds to classified TJS, Yaogan satellite series with two launches

by Andrew JonesMay 12, 2025May 12, 2025
Posted inCivil, News

China to launch new modules to Tiangong space station

by Andrew JonesMay 9, 2025May 9, 2025

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 77 Older posts

Stellar Dispatch

all dispatches >>

Job Exchange

all jobs >>

Back to top

Follow us on

  • X
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • RSS Feed
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
© 2026 SpaceNews. All Rights Reserved. Powered by Newspack Privacy Policy
  • Facebook Page
  • X
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • YouTube