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What Does “Y” Mean in Chinese Rocket Designations?
Read more →: What Does “Y” Mean in Chinese Rocket Designations?Whenever China launches a rocket, its name often includes the Chinese character “遥” (Yao, Y). Examples include the…
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China’s Satellite Market: Where the Value Flows — Market Share, Core Advantages and Moats
Read more →: China’s Satellite Market: Where the Value Flows — Market Share, Core Advantages and MoatsAccording to publicly available information, six of the eight winning bidders for ground terminal contracts under the Spacesail…
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Commercial Space: China’s Domestic Chips Are Winning This Space Race
Read more →: Commercial Space: China’s Domestic Chips Are Winning This Space RaceGround-based AI chips are a game built around Nvidia’s CUDA ecosystem, and any challenger must contend with developer…
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Commercial Space: Where the Hidden Champions Are
Read more →: Commercial Space: Where the Hidden Champions AreWhat truly determines whether the commercial space industry can operate at scale is often found in the parts…
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How Low Can Satellites Fly? New Opportunities in VLEO and the Companies Already Moving In
Read more →: How Low Can Satellites Fly? New Opportunities in VLEO and the Companies Already Moving InVery low Earth orbit, or VLEO, is not a new type of orbital geometry. It is simply the…
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How High and How Inclined Should a Satellite Fly? How Orbital Altitude and Inclination Are Determined
Read more →: How High and How Inclined Should a Satellite Fly? How Orbital Altitude and Inclination Are DeterminedWhy do some satellites skim relatively close to Earth and complete an orbit in just over 90 minutes,…
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Six Key Metrics for Assessing China’s Reusable Rockets
Read more →: Six Key Metrics for Assessing China’s Reusable RocketsChina’s reusable-rocket race has reached a turning point. With the Long March-10B completing an offshore net-capture recovery and…
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How Is Every Field Accurately Verified? China Uses Remote Sensing for Its Fourth National Agricultural Census
Read more →: How Is Every Field Accurately Verified? China Uses Remote Sensing for Its Fourth National Agricultural CensusRemote sensing technology has given agricultural censuses “eyes in space,” but satellite imagery alone cannot produce agricultural data…
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How Many Licenses Does a Chinese Satellite Company Need to Operate a Constellation?
Read more →: How Many Licenses Does a Chinese Satellite Company Need to Operate a Constellation?A company can manufacture satellites, launch them, and even complete the initial deployment of a constellation. But charging…
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Closing the Last Mile of Earth Observation: How FDEs Turn Geospatial Intelligence into Business Outcomes
Read more →: Closing the Last Mile of Earth Observation: How FDEs Turn Geospatial Intelligence into Business Outcomes“We want to identify risks earlier.” For a mining company managing multiple tailings facilities, this is a natural…
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China–Nepal Border Flood: How Satellite Intelligence Supports Disaster Response When Roads and Communications Fail
Read more →: China–Nepal Border Flood: How Satellite Intelligence Supports Disaster Response When Roads and Communications FailInformation current as of August 28, 2026. The disaster mechanism, casualty figures, and damage estimates remain subject to…
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Decoding the Six Reusable Rockets Successfully Recovered Worldwide
Read more →: Decoding the Six Reusable Rockets Successfully Recovered WorldwideRocket recovery has evolved from an experimental concept into one of the defining capabilities of modern launch vehicles.…