Nation's space journey continues apace
3 months, 1 week ago

Nation's space journey continues apace

China Daily  

A rocket model is displayed at the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center, as a rocket is launched at its adjacent Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, on June 29. XINHUA Private power rising Besides State-funded projects, China's private enterprises have become serious players in the space circle. Among the privately developed rocket models, LandSpace's ZQ 2 and Orienspace's Gravity 1 are most known because they set records in the global space sector. GalaxySpace, a leading private satellite maker, built China's first satellite equipped with a flexible solar array and deployed it into space in July last year.

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China places 1st satellite of year into orbit
2 months, 2 weeks ago

China places 1st satellite of year into orbit

China Daily  

A Long March 3B rocket carrying a test satellite, Shijian 25, blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province, Jan 7, 2025. CAS Space, a Beijing-based rocket maker owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, plans to conduct the first flight of Kinetica 2, its new medium-lift, liquid-fuel rocket model, in September. LandSpace, a leading …

China's commercial aerospace sector builds full industrial chain
3 months, 1 week ago

China's commercial aerospace sector builds full industrial chain

China Daily  

China's commercial aerospace sector builds full industrial chain People's Daily Updated: Dec 18, 2024 On Nov 30, a Long March-12 carrier rocket carrying two experimental satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. At 10:25 pm, Nov 30, a Long March-12 carrier rocket blasted off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in Dongjiao township, Wenchang, South China's …

Nation's space journey continues apace
3 months, 1 week ago

Nation's space journey continues apace

China Daily  

A rocket model is displayed at the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center, as a rocket is launched at its adjacent Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, on June 29. XINHUA Private power rising Besides State-funded projects, China's private enterprises have become serious players in the space circle. Among the privately developed rocket models, LandSpace's ZQ 2 and Orienspace's …

Nation's space journey continues apace
3 months, 1 week ago

Nation's space journey continues apace

China Daily  

A rocket model is displayed at the Hainan International Commercial Aerospace Launch Center, as a rocket is launched at its adjacent Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province, on June 29. XINHUA Private power rising Besides State-funded projects, China's private enterprises have become serious players in the space circle. Among the privately developed rocket models, LandSpace's ZQ 2 and Orienspace's …

World's mightiest solid-fueled rocket makes maiden flight
1 year, 2 months ago

World's mightiest solid-fueled rocket makes maiden flight

China Daily  

The Gravity 1 rocket, the world's most powerful solid-propellant launch vehicle, made its debut flight from China on Thursday. The Gravity 1 rocket, the world's most powerful solid-propellant launch vehicle, makes its debut flight off the coast of Haiyang in Shandong province, Jan 11, 2024. The specifications of its overall weight and carrying capacity mean that Gravity 1 is now …

China Building $3 Billion Supercomputing Centre to Analyse Data from Space
3 years, 11 months ago

China Building $3 Billion Supercomputing Centre to Analyse Data from Space

News 18  

China’s southern space port of Wenchang will build a $3 billion supercomputing centre by year-end to analyse data obtained from space, according to state media on Tuesday. With a planned investment of 20 billion yuan, the supercomputing centre will provide big data services for industries including the aerospace and marine sectors starting in 2022, state-backed Hainan Daily said. In the …

I-Space launches China’s first private satellite into orbit
5 years, 8 months ago

I-Space launches China’s first private satellite into orbit

CNN  

CNN — A Beijing-based rocket developer has become the first private Chinese company to successfully send a satellite into orbit. I-Space, also known as Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Ltd or StarCraft Glory, launched a rocket carrying two satellites on Thursday, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. The successful launch of the Hyperbola-1, or SQX-1 Y1, rocket from the …

China's OneSpace rocket startup fails to put satellite into orbit - state media
5 years, 11 months ago

China's OneSpace rocket startup fails to put satellite into orbit - state media

Firstpost  

The OneSpace rocket was carrying the Lingque-1B earth-observing satellite made by Beijing’s ZeroG Lab. A rocket developed by OneSpace failed to reach orbit after lifting off from a state launch facility in northwestern China, state media reported on Thursday, the second failed orbital launch by a privately funded Chinese firm in five months. An anomaly occurred within “tens of seconds” …

China's privately developed Zhuque-1 rocket fails to put satellite in orbit
6 years, 4 months ago

China's privately developed Zhuque-1 rocket fails to put satellite in orbit

Firstpost  

A privately developed Chinese carrier rocket failed to reach orbit after lifting off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Saturday, in a blow to the country’s nascent attempts by private companies to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The company said in a microblog post after nominal first and second stages that the spacecraft failed to reach orbit as a result of …

LandSpace, China space startup, fails to put satellite in orbit
6 years, 4 months ago

LandSpace, China space startup, fails to put satellite in orbit

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN Business — China’s private space industry has suffered a setback after a leading startup failed in its first attempt to put a satellite in orbit. LandSpace, a three-year-old company based in Beijing, said “something abnormal occurred” in the third phase of the launch Saturday that was meant to send a satellite into orbit for CCTV, China’s state-run …

China's joins the new space race with the launch of its first privately developed rocket
6 years, 10 months ago

China's joins the new space race with the launch of its first privately developed rocket

Firstpost  

Since coming to office in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has made becoming a ‘space flight superpower’ a top priority for the Chinese government China launched its first privately developed rocket from a launchpad in northwestern China on 17 May, the state media said, the latest milestone in the country’s ambitious space exploration program. Since coming to office in 2012, …

Promoting innovation in space science
7 years, 10 months ago

Promoting innovation in space science

China Daily  

China has always known that only through innovation in space science and technology can it become a space power. Tianzhou-1, China's first cargo spacecraft, was launched into space and docked with the orbiting Tiangong-2 space laboratory last week. China designated the Space Day - the second one was observed on Monday - to encourage innovation and mark the anniversary of …

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