China added to its Earth observation fleet late Saturday, sending a second Gaofen-14 mapping satellite into sun-synchronous orbit.

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Australian company HEO has imaged and modeled a mystery Chinese satellite prior to its reentry into Earth’s atmosphere, revealing previously unknown details about the spacecraft.

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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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China launched the latest in a series of clandestine satellites Thursday, using the country’s most powerful rocket to send the spacecraft to geosynchronous transfer orbit.

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Launch startup Landspace is in the final stages of preparations for the first launch of its Zhuque-3 rocket and a potentially landmark mission for China.

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China conducted the first launch for the Thousand Sails constellation since March as the country continues its recent rapid rate of orbital launches.

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HELSINKI — China added to its Guowang national broadband megaconstellation Wednesday with the 600th Long March rocket launch, marking a milestone in the country’s accelerating spaceflight cadence. A Long March […]

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Space Pioneer has secured around $350 million in new funding rounds to support its Tianlong-3 rocket and next-generation launch vehicle and engine development.

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China conducted an orbital launch Monday with no apparent advance indication, successfully sending the Shiyan-31 remote sensing test satellite into orbit.

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Chinese launch startup Orienspace successfully conducted its second launch late Friday, with a Gravity-1 solid rocket lifting off from a barge in the Yellow Sea.

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China is preparing a series of tests and launches in the final quarter of 2025 crucial to its crewed moon program and commercial rocket plans.

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A Long March 2D rocket sent a new set of experimental satellites into orbit late Sunday, capping an intense month of Chinese launch activities.

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Beijing-based Galactic Energy has raised what appears China’s largest disclosed round for a launch startup as it nears orbital test flights of new rockets.

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A flurry of launch activity has seen China add to an Internet of Things constellation, loft new broadband satellites and boost its weather satellite fleet.

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Geely’s space subsidiary has secured a $281 million investment to accelerate deployment of its Geesatcom Internet of Things constellation and build a new global headquarters.

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Chinese spacecraft have imaged orbiting U.S. commercial and military assets as the two countries seek to demonstrate and assess respective capabilities.

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China has moved to promote direct-to-device (D2D) services through issuing guidelines and licensing a telecommunications firm, signaling a strategic push into a globally competitive arena.

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Launch startup iSpace has raised significant series D+ funding as commercial competitors in China report progress with hot fire tests.

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China conducted a rocket stage hot fire test Friday in the latest step in the country’s plans to land astronauts on the moon.

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China carried out two launches Monday, sending a new reconnaissance satellite into an unexpected orbit and adding 11 spacecraft to automaker Geely’s commercial constellation.

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Chinese scientists are proposing using a pathfinder spacecraft to make a flyby of asteroid Apophis when it makes a close approach to Earth in 2029.

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China added a third trio of spacecraft to a group of remote sensing satellites Saturday, marking the country’s 52nd launch of the year.

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China conducted a pair of launches sending an experimental spacecraft to geosynchronous orbit and three further satellites into polar orbits.

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Chinese commercial rocket company Orienspace has raised tens of millions of dollars in Series B+ financing as it moves towards a key test flight.

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