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August 3, 2026
This report was originally published on IDRW.org. The future of mechanized warfare has taken a grimly cinematic turn as the Chinese People’s Liberation Army... The post Hound of War: PLA Navy…
August 1, 2026
Genetic ancestry can contradict appearance so sharply that even experts initially dismissed the evidence as impossible. The post When scientists first uncovered the ancient mummies of western China…
HELSINKI — China sent a new pair of secretive satellites into a programmatically new orbit Wednesday, while also upgrading its on-orbit communications relay capabilities. A Long March 6A rocket…
July 29, 2026
A new study from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) addresses the threat of debris in cislunar space, which could pose threats for future missions bound for the Moon.
The United States on Tuesday said it plans to exempt its private space sector from numerous environmental regulations to accelerate the pace of space launches and ramp up competition with China.
SINGAPORE — A Beijing-based startup has secured around $14 million to build a satellite constellation for tracking orbital objects, adding to China’s growing SSA sector. Xingchen Daohe, also known…
July 28, 2026
More bounce to the ounce! To be flown on China’s Chang’e-8 moon lander mission in 2029 is Africa’s first space exploration mission. Under the Africa2Moon venture, the Bounced African Low Lunar…
Africa's first space exploration mission aims to send a trio of spherical probes to the lunar south pole aboard China's Chang'e 8 lander in 2029.
July 27, 2026
Five orbital launches are scheduled worldwide for this week. In China, a Chang Zheng 6A… The post Launch Preview: Falcon 9 and Chang Zheng rockets set to launch this week appeared first on…
July 24, 2026
Relativity Space announced plans to build a second rocket factory near Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Lightning struck a Chinese Long March-3B rocket shortly after liftoff this week, but the launch still successfully placed its satellite payload in orbit.
HELSINKI — China conducted a pair of launches Thursday, including a Long March 3B rocket which delivered its payload to orbit despite a lightning strike. The Long March 3B rocket […] The post…
China has launched the Gravity-1 Y4 carrier rocket from the East China Sea, placing nine satellites into their preset orbit as the country demonstrates open-sea mobile launch capability. The flight…
July 23, 2026
Africa’s first space exploration mission is the Bounced African Low Lunar Sphere, or BALLS for short. It is to be flown on China’s Chang’e-8 Moon lander mission in 2029. The Africa2Moon project…
July 22, 2026
HELSINKI — A classified satellite launched by China in June is operating in a creative orbit, giving it a unique vantage point over the geostationary belt. Shijian-31 launched on a […] The post…
Orienspace's Gravity-1, the world's most powerful solid rocket, aced its third-ever mission on Tuesday (July 21), launching nine satellites to orbit from a ship at sea.
History demonstrates military innovation continually rewrites the rules of combat, reshaping warfare and rendering strategies from past conflicts obsolete. The introduction of repeating rifles…
July 20, 2026
After last week’s aborted Starship Flight 13 launch, SpaceX is scheduling a new attempt as… The post Launch Preview: Falcon 9, Starship, and Chinese rockets scheduled to launch appeared first on…
HELSINKI — A six-month-old Chinese startup aiming to use artificial intelligence to compress rocket engine development cycles has raised $29.5 million in angel funding. LegendSpace, full name Linjie…
July 18, 2026
China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter caught a rare glimpse of 3I/ATLAS as it swept past Mars, revealing the hazy coma and tail of a comet born beyond our solar system. The interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS…
July 17, 2026
Serbia is the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords, joining the U.S.-led effort more than two years after signing on to China’s lunar base project. The post Serbia signs the Artemis Accords…
July 16, 2026
Building U.S. space-based moving target indication systems and the capability to disrupt Chinese military space systems is a top deterrence priority for U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, he…
"We will likely have similar concerns and discussions when China fields its Starlink-like constellation."
July 15, 2026
China reached a major milestone less than a week ago with the first successful recovery… The post China’s first recovered booster returns to port as LandSpace aims for first land recovery appeared…
With this technology, China aims to strengthen the competitiveness of its commercial space industry and to cut distances with the United States. In parallel, China has started the intensive phase of..
July 10, 2026
China's state-owned space company recovered its first orbital rocket booster after launch.
June 30, 2026
"We don't want the United States to give in its soft power in space to China, and we are part of the answer to that." A bet for artificial intelligence To speed up the design and engineering of..