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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.

Commercial, News, Policy & Politics

Chinese launch startups CAS Space, Landspace advance plans for IPOs

by Andrew JonesAugust 14, 2025August 14, 2025

Commercial, Launch, News

Chinese launch startup unveils autonomous rocket recovery ship

by Andrew JonesAugust 11, 2025August 11, 2025

China’s Lanyue crewed lunar lander undergoing a landing and ascent test at the extraterrestrial celestial body landing test facility in Huailai, Hebei Province, on August 6, 2025. The lander is suspended from a large steel tower structure and firing its thrusters, producing a yellow exhaust plume characteristic of hypergolic propellants.

China completes landing and takeoff test for crewed moon lander

by Andrew JonesAugust 7, 2025August 7, 2025

Which space race "firsts" are worth achieving? Credit: NASA

Civil, From the Magazine, Opinion

The US can get to the moon first — and still lose

by Dan RobitzskiAugust 7, 2025August 5, 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.

Civil, Commercial, Launch, News

Long March 12 launches first Guowang satellites developed by private firm

by Andrew JonesAugust 4, 2025August 4, 2025

A Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket carrying Pakistan’s PRSS-01 satellite lifts off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China on July 31, 2025, surrounded by green forested hills and metal support towers.

Civil, Launch, News

China launches remote sensing satellite for Pakistan with Kuaizhou-1A rocket

by Andrew JonesJuly 31, 2025July 31, 2025

A Long March 8A rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 1 at the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center on July 30, 2025, carrying the sixth group of Guowang LEO broadband satellites. Smoke billows around the launch pad as the vehicle ascends against a clear blue sky, framed by metal towers and palm trees in the foreground.

Civil, Launch, News

China launches new group of Guowang satellites from commercial spaceport

by Andrew JonesJuly 30, 2025July 30, 2025

A Hyperbola-1 solid-fueled rocket developed by China's iSpace lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on July 29, 2025, trailing a large plume of brownish exhaust against a clear blue sky. The rocket ascends vertically as launch gantries and fencing are visible on the desert ground below.

Commercial, Launch, News

China’s iSpace returns to flight with successful orbital solid rocket launch

by Andrew JonesJuly 29, 2025July 29, 2025

A Long March 6A rocket lifts off from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, trailing smoke and fire, carrying satellites for China’s Guowang internet constellation, July 27, 2025.

Civil, Launch, News

China adds new satellites to Guowang constellation, eyes accelerated launch rate

by Andrew JonesJuly 28, 2025July 28, 2025

Full-scale mockup of Space Pioneer's Tianlong-3 rocket stands vertically on a newly completed launch pad at the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone, located in the desert landscape of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The launch pad is equipped with support towers, fueling infrastructure, and ground facilities visible under clear blue skies.

Commercial, Launch, News

Space Pioneer completes launch pad for Tianlong-3 rocket

by Andrew JonesJuly 24, 2025July 24, 2025