Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud have been named by the China Manned Space Agency as the final two Pakistani astronaut candidates, one of whom is expected to head to Tiangong via Shenzhou-24 later this year
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/final-two-...
Tests have been completed, notices are filed, and payload integration is underway ahead of the Long March 10B's debut flight, which may occur as soon as a week from today
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/reusable-l...
Artemis-2 flew around the Moon with humans for the first time in fifty years, and over in China the mission was followed through its major milestones with no mention of a 'space race'
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/following-...
Emposat has denied any connections to Iran after the Financial Times alleged that it is providing communications services to the TEE-01B satellite, said to be commanded by the nation
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/emposat-de...
Qingzhou's first mission has been underway for almost three weeks with testing and onboard experiments proceeding well, ahead of eventual missions to resupply the Tiangong Space Station
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/new-qingzh...
A short while ago a Long March 4C lifted off from Jiuquan, carrying the Daqi-2 environmental monitoring satellite into sun-synchronous orbit to monitor greenhouse gas emissions
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/second-env...
Zhang Lu and Wu Fei have recently performed the third spacewalk of the Shenzhou-21 mission, which is now being extended to end in early June thanks to extra supplies from the Shenzhou-22 spacecraft
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/shenzhou-2...
Iran has allegedly bought a 112-kilogram remote sensing satellite from a Chinese firm back in September 2024, now used to image U.S. and Israeli military sites across the Middle East
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/iran-alleg...
So far this month, SpaceTY has financed 1.3 billion Yuan and Yanyao Aerospace has raised over 500 million Yuan to improve their respective Earth imaging capabilities and systems
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/spacety-yu...
CAS Space has delivered eight new Jilin-1 satellites into orbit for CGSTL, which have incorporated non-Earth imaging as a new capability for the constellation
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/cgstl-depl...
I do also serve a massively majority foreign non-Chinese reading audience
The usual expectations of the calendar. Shenzhou-23, at worst, should be on the pad before the end of the month.
I use taikonaut because Xinhua, China Daily, CGTN do in their english language coverage.
Zhang Lu, Wu Fei, and Zhang Hongzhang have started their last weeks onboard Tiangong before the Shenzhou-21 mission concludes, and the incoming Shenzhou-23 crew takes over their duties by May
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/shenzhou-2...
By Kinetica-2's tenth flight in 2028, CAS Space plans to have made the tri-core rocket's first-stage reusable by gradually introducing needed technologies, starting as soon as flight three
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/cas-space-...
Things are happening with ⛽️ Long March 10B!
From the South China Sea, a Jielong-3 flew into its highest sun-synchronous orbit to date for the delivery of a single test satellite to improve the GuoWang mega-constellation
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/guowang-te...
Hell yeah! Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy are back.
For @proximareport.com -> proximareport.com/articles/art...
Some math tells me Orion's reentry was very briefly visible to Tiangong while they both flew up the Pacific northward
Chang'e 7, China's latest robotic Moon mission, arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Site last night for final pre-mission checks and integration with a Long March 5 rocket!
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/change-7-m...
The first Long March 10B rocket has appeared at Wenchang, possibly to fly before the end of the month and to start a major debut year for the Long March 10 series
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/first-long...
I believe GuoWang will eventually switch to a ‘flat pack’ design once the refine its development, current satellites are more focused on setting up the backbone of services
Five more state-backed GuoWang connectivity satellites were placed into orbit a few hours ago, by a Long March 6A departing Taiyuan into the night sky
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/five-more-...
A few hours ago from Wenchang, the first Long March 8 in thirteen months delivered the seventh overall batch of Qianfan internet connectivity satellites, with eighteen being deployed
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/qianfans-s...
In 10 minutes, the Long March 8 returns after a thirteen-month break, carrying at least 18 Qianfan internet connectivity satellites.
Livestream: weibo.com/l/wblive/p/s...
Or: live.bilibili.com/23118988?liv...
Avio has delayed the launch of ESA's SMILE mission aboard a Vega C rocket after identifying a subsystem production issue.
europeanspaceflight.com/avio-delays-...
Deep Blue Aerospace's Nebula-1A has appeared in Haiyang for a few weeks now, being fuelled on a new launch pad ahead of a potential flight attempt
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/deep-blue-...
The SMILE space weather satellite, a collaboration between the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the European Space Agency, has been placed atop of a Vega-C rocket for an April 9th launch!
Details -> www.china-in-space.com/p/sino-europ...
