China launched a Long March 7A rocket on 13 September at 1318 GMT. The rocket was carrying Chinasat 1E (FH-2E) -Zhongxing-1E from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan. Chinasat 1E is a military communications satellite,...
China has reportedly conducted two launches within just two hours of each other during the morning of 6 September, from different launch sites. The first mission saw a Kuaizhou-1A light launch vehicle lift-off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre at 0224 GMT and...
The Chinese successfully launched a Long March 4C (CZ-4C) launch vehicle from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, China at 2344 GMT on 2 September. The vehicle was carrying Yaogan 33-2, a 2.7 metric ton Chinese military radar Earth observation satellite. Despite its...
Shenzhou 14’s mission commander Chen Dong, and crew member Liu Yang began their first spacewalk after opening the airlock cabin of the Chinese Experiment Module 1 Wentian at 1026 GMT on 1 September. Fellow astronaut Cai Xuzhe provided support work from within...
Fundraising in the world of newspace has continued for companies in the USA and China during August. Xona Space Systems American newspace company Xona Space Systems (Xona) announced that it had completed a round of fundraising on 3 August. The company raised...
Details are sketchy but during late August, China mounted a launch of its suborbital/fractional orbital spaceplane from the Jiuquan launch site in the Gobi Desert. According to Space News (Andrew Jones) the flight took place on 26 August. This would make the second...
