HELSINKI — A Chinese commercial launch firm launched its first upgraded Kuaizhou-1A rocket late Tuesday, adding to the country’s growing light-lift launch options. The enhanced Kuaizhou-1A rocket lifted off at […]

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A Chinese launch vehicle maker appears to have suffered an explosion at a test site at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

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Chinese space and defense contractor CASIC says it will begin building a constellation of 300 satellites in very-low Earth orbit late this year.

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A light-lift solid rocket sent an experimental “plate-like” stackable satellite into orbit late Thursday as the country looks to build its answer to Starlink. 

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A major Chinese state-owned defense contractor is preparing to launch the first satellite for a very low Earth orbit constellation.

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China’s response to Starlink and OneWeb first became apparent in 2020 in filings for a nearly 13,000-satellite megaconstellation with the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva.

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China is to construct new ground station facilities to its Zhongshan research base in Antarctica to support satellite data acquisition. 

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China’s state-owned and commercial space sector actors are planning a total of more than 70 launches across 2023 as the country's space activities continue to expand.

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Newly-developed orbital and suborbital launch vehicles are being readied for test flights at the Jiuquan spaceport as China’s efforts to foster a commercial space sector advance.

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Chinese launch service provider Expace has secured $237 million in B round funding, following last week's return to flight of its Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket.

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An explosion hit rocket facilities at China’s Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in October 2021, commercial satellite imagery shows. 

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Two new Chinese factories capable of producing hundreds of small satellites per year could help China achieve space objectives and impact the international market.

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China launched its first Long March 6A from a new launch complex at Taiyuan Tuesday, successfully sending two satellites into sun-synchronous orbits.

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Roscosmos is looking to China as a supplier of components and a partner in missions following the invasion of Ukraine, but sanctions could still heavily impact any new plans.

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A group leading China’s national low Earth orbit communications megaconstellation has founded two new firms to help develop the project, but overall plans remain vague.

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A Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket failed after liftoff late Tuesday with the loss of a pair of commercial satellites to test navigation enhancement for autonomous driving.

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Players in China’s emerging commercial space sector have outlined big plans for rockets, spaceplanes and more for the coming years at a space forum hosted in Wuhan, central China.

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China set a new national record for orbital launches in a calendar year with the launch of a commercial remote sensing satellite on a Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket Wednesday.

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The Chinese government has created a company dedicated to creating and operating a 13,000-satellite broadband constellation.

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China is to oversee the construction and operation of a national satellite internet megaconstellation by coordinating the country’s major space actors. 

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Chinese large state-owned enterprise CASIC laid out a new set of commercial space plans for the next five years at a conference Monday.

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