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Replacement Mapping Satellite Delivered From Winter Taiyuan [Long March 4B Y61]
The latest Ziyuan-3 spacecraft for China’s Ministry of Land and Resources has entered orbit to begin its remote sensing tasks.
13 hrs ago • Jack C.
China Appears to Have Refueled a Geostationary Satellite in World-Leading Test
Shijian-25 and Shijian-21 are no longer docked following what may have been a successful satellite-to-satellite refueling test.
Dec 15 • Jack C.
SpaceX Alleges Close Approach of China-Launched Satellite to Starlink Constellation
The American space giant has claimed that an object originating from Jiuquan passed a few hundred meters away from a Starlink internet satellite.
Dec 13 • Jack C.
New Commercial Cargo Spacecraft Reaches Orbit for Yearlong Mission [Kuaizhou-11 Y8]
AZSpace has begun its first yearlong flight in Earth orbit via the first Kuaizhou-11 flight in eighteen months.
Dec 13 • Jack C.
Qingzhou Cargo Delivery Spacecrafts Maiden Flight Delayed to 2026
Production and systems testing are underway for the cargo spacecraft before it heads to space, and eventually to Tiangong.
Dec 12 • Jack C.
Sunrise Launch Delivers More GuoWang Satellites [Long March 12 Y4]
Wenchang's commercial launch site has hosted the delivery of GuoWang's sixteenth group into low Earth orbit.
Dec 12 • Jack C.
China's mega-constellations mega-article
Tracking China's six mega-constellation efforts in low Earth orbit.
Dec 12 • Jack C.
Wenchang Commercial Launch Site Plans to Complete New Facilities in 2026
Available launch pads at the site are set to double in 2026, and then double again in a few years.
Dec 11 • Jack C.
CAS Space Launches Handful of International, Chinese Satellites [Kinetica-1 Y11]
Nine customer satellites have been delivered into orbit by the commercial space company.
Dec 10 • Jack C.
Eighth TJSW Satellite Delivered to Geostationary Space [Long March 3B/E Y119]
Yet another communications experiment spacecraft has been launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center for the site’s penultimate 2025 mission.
Dec 9 • Jack C.
First Shenzhou-21 Spacewalk Inspects Damaged Spacecraft, Installs Protective Hardware [SZ-21 EVA-1]
Zhang Lu and Wu Fei have exited the Tiangong Space Station for the first time during their six-month mission.
Dec 9 • Jack C.
Yaogan-47 Remote Sensing Spacecraft Placed Into Sun-Synchronous Orbit [Long March 4B Y64]
Another satellite for imaging Earth below is in space, this time in a lower orbit relative to others this year.
Dec 9 • Jack C.
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