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Satellite imagery reveals explosion at China’s Jiuquan spaceport

A Chinese launch vehicle maker appears to have suffered an explosion at a test site at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

by Andrew Jones November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

China’s CASIC to begin launching VLEO satellites in December

by Andrew Jones July 24, 2023July 24, 2023

China’s first stackable satellite reaches orbit on solid rocket launch

by Andrew Jones June 9, 2023June 9, 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, 2023September 22, 2023

From the Magazine

The coming Chinese megaconstellation revolution

by Andrew Jones February 23, 2023February 23, 2023

Liftoff of a Long March 2C from Taiyuan carrying the Haiyang-1D ocean observation satellite on June 10, 2020.

Civil

China to build satellite ground stations in Antarctica

by Andrew Jones February 2, 2023February 22, 2023

Orange exhaust pushes a large Long March rocket from the pad at the coastal Wenchang spaceport, with white smoke billowing around lightning towers near the launch tower.

News

China launch plans more than 70 launches in 2023

by Andrew Jones January 17, 2023February 1, 2023

News

New launch vehicles set for test flights from China’s Jiuquan spaceport

by Andrew Jones July 6, 2022September 22, 2023

A Kuaizhou-1A carrying two Chinese commercial Xingyun satellites lifts off from a TEL at Jiuquan May 11, 2020.

Commercial, Launch, News

Chinese commercial launch firm Expace raises $237 million

by Andrew Jones June 28, 2022February 22, 2023

A view of the Jiuquan launch center from the Sentinel-2 satellite. China's reusable experimental spacecraft launched from the facility Sept. 4.

Explosion at Chinese space launch center revealed by satellite imagery

by Andrew Jones June 14, 2022February 22, 2023