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A view inside the payload fairing of the second Ceres-1.

Beijing to foster commercial space and satellite constellations as key future industries

Beijing’s government intends to support commercial aerospace and satellite constellations and applications in a plan to promote industries of the future.

by Andrew Jones September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

Hopper2 test by Stoke Space

Stoke Space flies reusable upper stage prototype

by Jeff Foust September 18, 2023September 18, 2023

A red and white Zhuque-2 rocket erected at the desert Jiuquan spaceport during testing.

News

Historic first launch of Chinese private methane-fueled rocket ends in failure

by Andrew Jones December 14, 2022January 30, 2023

Electron MATS launch

Rocket Lab launches Swedish satellite, fails to catch booster

by Jeff Foust November 4, 2022January 28, 2023

Electron descending

Rocket Lab to attempt booster recovery on upcoming Electron launch

by Jeff Foust November 2, 2022January 28, 2023

Electron launch

Rocket Lab launches Japanese radar imaging satellite on 30th Electron mission

by Jeff Foust September 16, 2022January 23, 2023

Orange exhaust blasts the ground as a 41-meter-tall, white Long March 2D rocket begins to rise above its fog-shrouded launch tower at the hilly Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China.

China plans to make aging Long March rocket reusable and non-toxic

by Andrew Jones August 29, 2022February 22, 2023

The Nebula-M1 test article during its VTVL test flight above Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province, on May 6, 2022.

Commercial, Launch, News

Deep Blue Aerospace completes kilometer-level rocket launch and landing test

by Andrew Jones May 7, 2022February 22, 2023

Radian One

Radian Aerospace raises seed round to fund work on spaceplane

by Jeff Foust January 19, 2022January 23, 2023

Stoke Space

Stoke Space raises $65 million for reusable launch vehicle development

by Jeff Foust December 15, 2021January 23, 2023