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Render of a Bluelink Satcom satellite in low Earth orbit, featuring a gold-colored cube-shaped bus with four extended solar panel arms arranged in a cross configuration, set against the backdrop of space and the Earth's horizon.

Chinese Bluetooth satellite startup raises early funding

by Andrew Jones March 31, 2025March 31, 2025

"A Long March 7A rocket lifts off at night from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, sending the classified TJS-16 satellite into orbit. Bright flames and thick plumes of exhaust illuminate the launch pad and surrounding towers against the dark sky.

China launches classified TJS-16 spacecraft, companion object emerges alongside earlier TJS-15 satellite

by Andrew Jones March 29, 2025April 10, 2025

Launch preparations for Gravity-1 aboard the Defu-15002 sea platform. Credit: Orienspace

From the Magazine

China’s megaconstellations take off, government backs commercial space

by Andrew Jones March 28, 2025March 28, 2025

Enhanced image of Neptune’s moon Triton captured by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft, showing a crescent-shaped, geologically complex surface with icy plains, ridges, and faint greenish and reddish hues.

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China unveils planetary exploration roadmap targeting habitability and extraterrestrial life

by Andrew Jones March 27, 2025March 27, 2025

A Long March 3B rocket lifts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at night, sending the Tianlian-2 (04) data relay satellite into orbit. Bright flames and smoke billow from the rocket’s base as it ascends past the illuminated launch tower.

China launches new Tianlian data relay satellite to support human spaceflight

by Andrew Jones March 26, 2025March 26, 2025

Two Chinese astronauts conducting a spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station, with Earth and clouds visible in the background. One astronaut is positioned at the end of Tiangong’s robotic arm, captured by an external camera mounted on the arm. Large solar arrays of the station are also visible.

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Shenzhou-19 astronauts complete third spacewalk, install final debris shielding on Tiangong

by Andrew Jones March 24, 2025March 24, 2025

Liftoff of the Long March 2F carrying Shenzhou-12 at 9:22 p.m. Eastern, June 16, 2021.

Chinese company targets crewed orbital spaceflight

by Andrew Jones March 19, 2025March 19, 2025

A slender, white Ceres-1 rocket with Chinese characters and a red tip ascends into a clear blue sky, leaving behind a bright trail of white-hot exhaust. Thick clouds of dust and smoke billow outward from the launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the arid landscape of northwest China.

Ceres-1 rocket launches 8 Chinese commercial satellites

by Andrew Jones March 17, 2025March 17, 2025

From the Magazine

What’s driving China’s commercial launch industry

by David Ariosto March 14, 2025March 10, 2025

China’s iSpace secures D round funding, targets December orbital launch and landing

by Andrew Jones March 14, 2025March 14, 2025