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From Japan to the Philippines: US expands SSA cooperation with Asian countries

The United States has agreed with the Philippines to strengthen cooperation on space situational awareness and space-based maritime domain awareness in the latest series of actions Washington has taken to strengthen ties with Asia-Pacific countries to counter China.

by Park Si-soo May 8, 2023May 8, 2023

Orienspace of China targets first launch in second half of the year

by Andrew Jones April 28, 2023April 28, 2023

South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket blasts off from a seaside launchpad.

South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket set to launch May 24

by Park Si-soo April 13, 2023April 13, 2023

An asteroid portrayed to be passing in front of the blue-green Earth and the moon.

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China to target asteroid 2019 VL5 for 2025 planetary defense test

by Andrew Jones April 11, 2023April 12, 2023

Liftoff of a Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket from a TEL at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert, on June 22 (UTC), 2022.

Chinese defense contractor to begin launching VLEO satellites

by Andrew Jones March 30, 2023April 24, 2023

A white rocket lifts off from a seaside launch site in Brazil.

South Korea’s Innospace succeeds in test launch

by Park Si-soo March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

Liftoff of CAS Space's first Lijian-1 solid rocket from the desert spaceport of Jiuquan on July 27, 2022.

Civil

China is developing a quantum communications satellite network

by Andrew Jones March 10, 2023March 10, 2023

Civil

China’s Shenzhou-15 astronauts conduct secretive second spacewalk

by Andrew Jones March 2, 2023March 3, 2023

An image from Tianhe panoramic camera A during the first Shenzhou-13 spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station in November 2021.

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China to expand its space station, international astronaut selection underway

by Andrew Jones February 28, 2023February 28, 2023

From the Magazine

The coming Chinese megaconstellation revolution

by Andrew Jones February 23, 2023February 23, 2023