MinoSpace Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/minospace/ Covering the business and politics of space Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:34:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png MinoSpace Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/minospace/ 32 32 80681979 Chinese launch firms Space Pioneer and Galactic Energy move toward IPOs https://spacenews.com/chinese-launch-firms-space-pioneer-and-galactic-energy-move-toward-ipos/ https://spacenews.com/chinese-launch-firms-space-pioneer-and-galactic-energy-move-toward-ipos/#respond Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:34:32 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=557596 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.

Launch firms Space Pioneer and Galactic Energy are the latest China’s commercial space companies to move toward IPOs, amid a surge of investment.

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Chinese commercial company lands contract to build provincial satellite constellation https://spacenews.com/chinese-commercial-company-lands-contract-to-build-provincial-satellite-constellation/ https://spacenews.com/chinese-commercial-company-lands-contract-to-build-provincial-satellite-constellation/#respond Mon, 26 May 2025 11:11:32 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=518235

Chinese commercial satellite manufacturer MinoSpace has won a major contract to build a remote sensing satellite constellation for Sichuan Province.

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Chinese satellite manufacturer MinoSpace raises $137 million https://spacenews.com/chinese-satellite-manufacturer-minospace-raises-137-million/ https://spacenews.com/chinese-satellite-manufacturer-minospace-raises-137-million/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:45:19 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=466013

Chinese commercial satellite maker MinoSpace has secured more than $137 million to further its design and production aspirations.

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Galactic Energy of China registers third consecutive successful launch https://spacenews.com/galactic-energy-of-china-registers-third-consecutive-successful-launch/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 10:40:38 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=130298 A 20-meter-tall rocket lifts off into the sky from a cloud of dust at the desert spaceport of Jiuquan, northwest China, with a trail of exhaust behind the rocket. The rocket is rising into a blue sky punctuated by a number of cumulus clouds.

Chinese commercial launch service provider Galactic Energy maintained a 100 percent launch record early Tuesday with its third Ceres-1 solid rocket launch.

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China launches national record 22 satellites on Long March 8 commercial rideshare https://spacenews.com/china-launches-national-record-22-satellites-on-long-march-8-commercial-rideshare/ Sun, 27 Feb 2022 14:44:59 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=124600 The second Long March 8 lifts off from Wenchang at 11:06 a.m. local time, Feb. 27, 2022.

China’s second Long March 8 rocket launched late Saturday carrying a domestic record 22 satellites for a range of commercial Chinese space companies.

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China launches space mining test spacecraft on commercial rideshare mission https://spacenews.com/china-launches-space-mining-test-spacecraft-on-commercial-rideshare-mission/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:45:03 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=113778 An illustration of the Origin Space NEO-1 space mining test spacecraft in orbit.

China launched a small space mining test spacecraft and eight other commercial satellites into orbit on a Long March 6 rocket late Monday.

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China’s commercial satellite sector sees boost from ‘new infrastructure’ policy https://spacenews.com/chinas-commercial-satellite-sector-sees-boost-from-new-infrastructure-policy/ https://spacenews.com/chinas-commercial-satellite-sector-sees-boost-from-new-infrastructure-policy/#respond Fri, 15 May 2020 11:54:12 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=101591 A Kuaizhou-1A carrying two Chinese commercial Xingyun satellites lifts off from a TEL at Jiuquan May 11, 2020.

China's commercial satellite sector is expecting to see a boost after satellite internet was added to a list of "new infrastructures" to receive government support.

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MinoSpace raises $14 million to develop larger satellites https://spacenews.com/minospace-raises-14-million-to-develop-larger-satellites/ https://spacenews.com/minospace-raises-14-million-to-develop-larger-satellites/#respond Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:31:37 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=99046 A MinoSpace spacecraft container.

MinoSpace has secured new series A round funding which the Beijing-based private satellite company will use to develop larger satellite platforms.

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