Starlink rival Qianfan hits satellite milestone, but is it too slow and costly?
China’s Qianfan network has hit a national milestone by placing over 200 broadband satellites in orbit, but there…
China merges lunar programmes as race to moon with US heats up after latest SpaceX launch
As the race to send humans back to the moon heats up, China has been fine-tuning its plans.…
China’s space station crew to ‘maximise opportunities’ with extra month in orbit
The three astronauts stationed on China’s Tiangong space station will extend their stay by around a month, state…
China launches heavyweight rocket to challenge SpaceX’s Falcon 9. It fails
China’s attempt to launch its most powerful privately developed rocket failed on Friday after the vehicle suffered a…
Is China’s commercial rocket now cheaper than Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9?
The Kinetica-2 Y1 carrier rocket, also known as the Lijian-2 Y1, took off on its inaugural flight on…
Can China commercial satellite’s ‘octopus tentacle’ pass low-orbit refuel test?
China has followed last year’s secretive high-orbit satellite-to-satellite refuelling test with another in-orbit servicing mission that is aimed…
How China is building the hi-tech backbone of Africa’s space ambitions
From a satellite ground station in Namibia to an Egyptian laboratory in orbit, China has been building the…
China cancels rocket launches after failures – but will the Long March-10A still lift off?
The Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported on Friday that nearly all the rocket launches scheduled next month for the…
China suffers unprecedented double rocket launch failures in a single day
In a historic blow to its space programme, China suffered two rocket launch failures in a single day…
Could China’s Yaogan-47 satellite have a lens as wide as the Hubble Telescope?
One of China’s latest Earth observation satellites operating in low orbit could feature an optical aperture at a…
China’s reusable rocket ambitions experience second setback in the same month
The Long March 12A, China’s first state-owned reusable rocket, made its debut launch on Tuesday morning but the…
China’s first reusable rocket Zhuque-3 makes maiden voyage but recovery attempt fails
The United States is still the only country in the world to successfully return an orbital-class booster, though…