China In Space

An Auman Galaxy 9 truck presumably loaded with Gravity-1 parts ahead of delivery to its integration site in August 2026. Image: Foton MotorHardware for Orienspace's fourth Gravity-1 mission was moved to the company's launch vehicle integration site at the

The fairing of the Long March 2D Y94 vehicle being lifted onto Launch Complex 3 ahead of its September 2025 launch. Image: China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationIn October 2024, the provincial-owned Sichuan Development International Commercial

The Long March 7A Y16 vehicle experienced abnormal flight conditions about 90 seconds into flight on August 10th 2026. Image: Local source.At around 20:02 pm China Standard Time (12:02 pm Universal Coordinated Time), a Long March 7A lifted off from Launch

With one member of the Shenzhou-23 crew to remain onboard for an uninterrupted year, to be decided based on their physical and mental health, Zhu Yangzhu (朱杨柱)1, Li Jiaying (黎家盈)2, and Zhang Zhiyuan (张志远)3 have been the focus of microgravity health resear

CAS Space's Kinetica-2 Y1 vehicle lifting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for its debut flight in March 2026. Image: CAS SpaceOn July 31st, CAS Space announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Interstellar Datalink Beijing Technolog

Shenzhou-21's Zhang Hongzhang (left), Wu Fei (center), and Zhang Lu (right) answering questions from the press on August 5th 2026. Image: China Manned Space AgencyAfter passing post-flight medical checks and exams in their two months since returning to Ea

A model of a Kunlun-1 relay satellite on display at an industry exhibition in mid-2025. Image: Shifang SatlinkAt the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology's commercial spacecraft manufacturing firm in December 2025, the first three spacecraft for the

The Jielong-3 Y12 vehicle blasting off from the Yellow Sea on August 5th 2026. Image: China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationBlasting off from the Yellow Sea near Haiyang (海阳市), Shandong (山东) province, a Jielong-3 ascended at 10:38 am China Sta

The Long March 8A Y10 vehicle lifting off from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site on August 4th 2026. Image: China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationAt 16:52 pm China Standard Time (08:52 am Universal Coordinated Time) on August 4th, a Lo

A representative diagram of the two satellites that performed the feat, maintaining their laser link, with occasional communication with a third. Image: HiStarlinkADA Space (国星宇航) and Zhejiang Lab's (之江实验室) Three-Body Computing Constellation is arguably t