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Landspace’s Methalox Success & What It Means

Commercial Dongfang Hour -
On July 12, 2023 at 1 am UTC, Landspace (蓝箭航天), a Chinese commercial launch company, achieved a world first: it successfully launched a methalox-fueled...

China’s Ambitious Satellite Constellation Plan: Merging Hongyan and Hongyun into One Super-Constellation

State-Owned Enterprises Dongfang Hour -
In recent years, the world has witnessed a revolution in satellite technology, leading to the development of mega-constellations of satellites in Low Earth Orbit...

The Origins of Commercial Space Exploration in China

Space Exploration Dongfang Hour -
Those watching the United States space sector will have begun to take for granted commercial companies doing some pretty unprecedented things such as ferrying...

Completion of the Heavenly Palace: Tiangong in 2022

Space Program Dongfang Hour -
The number of missions in China's space program in recent years has reached new records, and can sometimes be overwhelming to follow. In 2021,...

Ushering in a New Era of Chinese Space: The 2021 Space White Paper

Space Program Dongfang Hour -
China is a country known for its every five-year publications. The most famous is the National-level Five-Year Plan, an all-singing, all-dancing, couple hundred page...

2021 in Chinese Space: The Highlights (Part 2)

International Dongfang Hour -
Part 1 of our 2-part list of top 8 highlights of the Chinese space sector in 2021 saw some impressive ones. We led off...

2021 in Chinese Space: The Highlights (Part 1)

International Dongfang Hour -
2021 was arguably the biggest year for space in decades, with dozens of humans launched into orbit, multiple missions reaching the Moon and Mars,...

A Key Component to China’s Belt & Road: the Spatial Information Corridor

International Dongfang Hour -
Earlier this month, we saw the First China-Africa BeiDou System Cooperation Forum, held in Beijing on Friday 5 November. The forum was a big...

Two Leading Lunar Exploration Projects: Comparing Artemis and the ILRS

Space Exploration Dongfang Hour -
It is no secret that China and the United States are engaged in a great power competition that is extending to the space realm....

China’s Deep Space Ambitions on Display in Shenzhen

Space Exploration Dongfang Hour -
China’s 338th Engineering and Technology Forum took place from October 17 to 19 in Shenzhen, with this edition focusing specifically on deep space exploration....
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