China has launched the CSSHQ – Chonfu Shiyong Shiyan Hangtian Qi, a reusable test spacecraft – using a Long March 2F (CZ-2F) rocket. The move is seen as a response to the US Air Force (now the US Space Force) X-37B/OTV reusable space plane. The launch, from the...
The American rocket company pioneering rocket re-usability, SpaceX, is expected to secure over US$2 billion in equity following a capital raise set to end in August. This is the second round of financing this year for the company and follows an increased round that...
At 0227 GMT, 23 August 2020 China launched the Gaofen 9-5 satellite to LEO (Low Earth Orbit) along with two small co-payloads. The mission utilised the Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket and lifted-off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China. This marks the...
Every August, Seradata does an analysis of which nation is leading the “human” space race – or rather races – to return humans to the Moon and put them on the surface of Mars. This year progress has become clearer and the USA is very much the leading contender in both...
China launched a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) rocket at 0401 GMT on 6 August 2020 from its Jiuquan launch site. It carried Gaofen 9-4 was the launch’s primary payload which is a 1,080 kg military satellite providing sub-metre resolution imagery apparently for both...
Lifting off at 0313 GMT on 25 July 2020, a Chinese Long March 4B rocket has carried three payloads to Sun-synchronous, Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The rocket blasted-off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Northern China. The primary payload on-board was the Ziyuan...