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China’s Space Computing Is Not the Same as Musk’s Vision
Over the past year, space computing has emerged as one of the hottest topics in the global commercial space industry. From a wave of domestic companies announcing plans for computing satellites, computing constellations, and space-based computing platforms, to SpaceX’s continued discussions around orbital data centers and AI infrastructure, space computing has quickly become a new…
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China’s Space Computing Race: Competing for the Next Decade’s AI Compute Power
AI’s computing needs are outgrowing what Earth can easily supply — and a new race is emerging to move data centers into orbit. This report breaks down the emerging “space computing” industry from every angle: what it actually is and why energy and bandwidth constraints are pushing computing into space (Sections 1–2); the physical advantages…
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Key Things to Understand About China’s Commercial Space Sector
China’s commercial space industry is entering a phase of rapid development. However, to truly understand where the sector is heading, several underlying factors need to be recognized in advance. 1. Commercial Space Has Become an Industry China “Must” Develop From a broader perspective, one undeniable reality is that global commercial space innovation is, to a…
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LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 Targets Reusable Rocket Milestone in Second Flight Attempt Next Week
The highly anticipated second flight mission of LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 reusable launch vehicle has entered its final countdown. According to launch preparations released by the company, the rocket is scheduled to lift off on August 11, 2026, from LandSpace’s dedicated Launch Pad No. 2 at the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone in Jiuquan, Gansu Province.…
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NASA Tests Power Fix on Voyager 1 as Twin Probes Diverge After 49 Years
Voyager 1 needs the fix more urgently than its twin did. It has less power in reserve, has already lost more of its original instruments, and in February this year came close to tripping its own emergency shutdown during a routine roll manoeuvre. That event prompted NASA in April to switch off the Low-energy Charged…
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NASA Administrator Tours Idaho Lab Building Reactor for 2028 Mars Mission
Isaacman and a group of NASA executives toured INL’s Materials and Fuels Complex, meeting the scientists and engineers developing nuclear power for space. The visit followed a period of accelerated activity at the laboratory tied to a May 2025 executive order signed by President Donald Trump, which called for at least three nuclear power criticalities…
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SpaceX’s Starship Upper Stage May Be Lost at Sea After Two-Week Recovery Effort
SpaceX’s attempt to recover the Starship upper stage from its 13th test flight is “not looking good”, Elon Musk tweeted on August 7th, roughly two weeks after the vehicle splashed down in the Indian Ocean. Flight 13 lifted off from the company’s Starbase site in South Texas on July 24th. The suborbital mission ended with…
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South Korean Orbiter Photographs Fresh Lunar Crater After Falcon 9 Upper Stage Impact
The upper stage was a leftover piece of the rocket that launched Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 and ispace’s HAKUTO-R M2 Resilience, two lunar landers that lifted off in January 2025. The stage measured 13.8 meters long and weighed 4,000 kg. While the incident poses no harm to any missions currently in orbit or on…
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NASA WB-57 to Chase Totality at 50,000 Feet Over the North Atlantic
Ground-based cameras must contend with clouds and atmospheric interference, while space-based cameras can return only limited data. Flying at altitude along the eclipse path avoids the clouds and extends the observation window. For anyone standing directly beneath the shadow, totality will last 2 minutes 18 seconds. By flying at 460mph along the eclipse’s path, the…
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Artemis progress building lunar return roadmap
NASA has released a series of updates on the Artemis program, spanning commercial robotic lunar landers, technology demonstrations for future surface habitats, and hardware progress on the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft for Artemis III and beyond. Reinvigorated under NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, a suite of programs is working in tandem to lay…