Tag: China
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China Successfully Launches 24th Group of Low-Orbit Internet Satellites
China successfully launched a new batch of internet satellites from the Hainan Commercial Spacecraft Launch Site on Sunday. The satellites, the 24th group of low-orbit internet satellites, lifted off aboard a Long March-12 carrier rocket at 12:10 p.m. Beijing Time on Aug. 16, 2026, and successfully entered their preset orbits. The launch marked the 663rd…
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Chinese meteorological satellites track Typhoon Dolphin in coordinated observation
China’s Fengyun meteorological satellites, developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), have been deployed in coordinated multi-satellite observations to track Typhoon Dolphin, providing critical data support for the country’s meteorological authorities. The Fengyun-4C and Fengyun-4B satellites operated in tandem to continuously monitor the typhoon’s evolution from its formation over the open ocean to…
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Why Inter-Satellite Laser Communications Have Become a Strategic Battleground for Satellite Internet
In the traditional satellite-to-Earth transmission model, satellites serve only as relay nodes: they forward information but do not process it directly, while ground gateways and terrestrial networks perform the core functions. With inter-satellite links, by contrast, satellites can transmit and exchange information directly without routing every connection through a ground station. Each spacecraft acts as…
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ChinaSat Satellite Series Overview: How China Built the Strategic Communications Network Behind Its Space Power
The failed ChinaSat-4B launch has once again drawn attention to one of the most important yet least understood pillars of China’s space program: the ChinaSat communications satellite fleet. Over three decades, the program has evolved from reliance on foreign-built spacecraft into one of the world’s largest geostationary communications satellite systems, supporting everything from television broadcasting…
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Nayuta Space Establishes Lingang Base, with Xuanniao-R Set for Maiden Offshore Flight
On August 11, Nayuta Space officially announced that its reusable liquid rocket R&D center and final assembly and testing base will be established in the Lingang New Area of Shanghai. The move marks a key stage in the engineering verification and maiden-flight preparations for the company’s main vehicle, Xuanniao-R. China’s commercial reusable rocket companies have…
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Galactic Energy Begins Construction of Chizhou Production Base for 24 Reusable Liquid Rockets per Year
August 10, 2026 — Galactic Energy has officially begun construction of a major industrialization project in Chizhou, Anhui Province, designed to support the production of 24 reusable liquid launch vehicles annually. The second-phase project, located in the Wanjiang Jiangnan Emerging Industries Concentration Zone, represents another major step in Galactic Energy’s expansion in Chizhou and marks…
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From Remote Sensing Satellites to Intelligent Satellites: A New Direction for China’s Commercial Space Industry
As the commercial space industry enters its second half, the satellite applications market is increasingly driven by cost efficiency and is, in turn, pushing upstream remote sensing satellite manufacturers toward a new paradigm of integrated sensing and computing. China has now entered the era of intelligent satellites. Why has onboard intelligence become a necessity for…
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China’s Rocket Launch Failures: A Historical Review of Major Mishaps, Root Causes and What They Reveal About Chinese Launch Reliability
China’s space program is often associated with a high launch tempo and a long record of successful missions. Yet the history of Chinese launch vehicles also includes a series of failures, partial failures and flight anomalies that have played an important role in shaping the country’s rocket technology. The latest example came on August 10,…
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Long March 7A Launch Failure Under Investigation After Zhongxing-4B Mission
On August 10, 2026, at 20:02 Beijing Time, China launched the Zhongxing-4B communications satellite aboard a Long March 7A (Chang Zheng 7A) launch vehicle from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site. However, the rocket experienced an abnormality during flight after liftoff, resulting in the failure of the launch mission. The specific cause of the failure is…
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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…