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CAS Space conducts first suborbital launch and capsule landing test

by Andrew Jones January 14, 2026January 14, 2026

Kinetica-1 launch Dec 2025

SpaceX claims close approach to Starlink satellite by payload from Chinese launch

by Jeff Foust December 16, 2025December 16, 2025

China launches new TJS satellite, commercial Kinetica-1 lofts 9 spacecraft

by Andrew Jones December 10, 2025December 10, 2025

A white solid-fueled Chinese Kinetica-1 rocket lifts off vertically from a desert launch pad, producing a large plume of bright orange flame and thick white smoke against a clear blue sky.

China breaks annual launch record with VLEO Chutian and Shiyan technology test launches

by Andrew Jones November 9, 2025November 9, 2025

A Long March 6A rocket lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China, producing a bright plume of exhaust against a clear sky, with four lightning towers surrounding the launch pad.

China resumes launches for Thousand Sails constellation, CAS Space launches new international payload

by Andrew Jones October 19, 2025October 19, 2025

Aerial view of CAS Space's Kinetica-2 first-stage hot fire test, showing flames and thick smoke rising from a test stand nestled in forested hills.

Policy & Politics

China’s Guangdong province lays out ambitious commercial space objectives

by Andrew Jones August 28, 2025August 28, 2025

A white Kinetica-1 rocket operated by Chinese launch company CAS Space ascends into a clear blue sky, leaving behind a bright flame and thick plume of brownish exhaust. The rocket has just lifted off from a desert launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. In the foreground are low, rectangular buildings with blue roofs, a large white hangar, and tall metal towers used for communications. The barren desert landscape stretches flat into the distance under an open sky.

China’s CAS Space launches first Latin American payloads on Kinetica-1 rocket

by Andrew Jones August 19, 2025August 19, 2025

Aerial view of CAS Space's Kinetica-2 first-stage hot fire test, showing flames and thick smoke rising from a test stand nestled in forested hills.

Chinese launch startups CAS Space, Landspace advance plans for IPOs

by Andrew Jones August 14, 2025August 14, 2025

Aerial view of CAS Space's Kinetica-2 first-stage hot fire test, showing flames and thick smoke rising from a test stand nestled in forested hills.

CAS Space performs Kinetica-2 first stage hot fire test ahead of first launch and cargo demo

by Andrew Jones June 13, 2025June 13, 2025

A Long March 4B rocket lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on May 29, 2025, carrying the classified Shijian-26 satellite. A large plume of orange and white smoke billows to the left of the launch pad under an overcast sky.

China launches classified Shijan-26 satellite with Long March 4B rocket

by Andrew Jones May 29, 2025May 29, 2025

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