China launched a new test satellite into space on July 3rd from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan. The Shiyan-28B 01 satellite was launched at […]
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Report: Smartphone market downgraded on US tariffs
Counterpoint Research has revised down its 2025 global smartphone shipment growth forecast to 1.9 per cent YoY from the previous 4.2 per cent YoY, in light of the renewed uncertainties […]
ChinaDaily: China launches the Tianwen 2 mission
China successfully launched its first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen 2, in the early hours of Thursday, May 29th. This mission is designed to shed light on the formation and evolution […]
NASA 2026 budget proposal: The impact on the Prospects for Space Exploration
The White House’s proposed discretionary budget for fiscal year 2026 includes some of the steepest cuts to NASA in recent memory — targeting the backbone of its Moon-bound ambitions under […]
Satellites face growing security risks from Russia and China with 10,000+ incidents per year
A new, 316-page report released by the Secure World Foundation reveals a growing global race to develop counterspace capabilities—Russia and China are leading a surge in tactics that include jamming, […]
China’s Monday launch of another SatNet LEO Group adding to broadband internet constellation
China plans a Monday launch of its Long March 12 carrier rocket from Wenchang Space Launch Site, of SatNet LEO Group, which is a series of launches deploying satellites into […]
Shenzhou 20’s Long March 2F/G launches three replacement astronauts to the Chinese Space Station
Shenzhou 20, from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, will mark the 15th crewed Chinese spaceflight and the 20th flight of the Shenzhou program. The spacecraft will carry three […]
Earth-Moon space now occupied by a three satellite Chinese constellation
China has successfully established the world’s first three-satellite constellation based on the Distant Retrograde Orbit (DRO) in the Earth-moon region of space, laying a foundation for the exploration and utilization […]
China’s Thousand Sails satellite plan at Phase 2
While the planet now has global low Earth orbiting coverage from Elon Musk’s Starlink, China is quietly getting on with its own rival scheme, in the shape of its Qianfan […]
China sends new data relay satellite into space
Tianlian II-04, China’s second-generation geosynchronous orbit data-relay satellite, will provide data relay and TT&C (telemetry, tracking and command) services for manned spacecraft such as spaceships and space stations, for medium […]