Month: January 2026

星河动力空间科技有限公司 Galactic Energy-  Galaxy Power (Beijing) Space Technology Co., Ltd.Located in Block D, Aviation Technology Plaza, E-Town, and Beijing – Beijing – China – People’s Republic of China ….Galaxy Aerospace is the first private aerospace company in China to achieve successful continuous launches, the first to send commercial networked satellites into a 500km sun-synchronous orbit, and the first to master the ability to launch multiple satellites with one carrier rocket

[China’s 4th Launch This Year] At 04:10 AM Beijing time today, the Ceres-1 sea-launched Y7 carrier rocket successfully launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the sea area near Shandong Province. The Tianqi Constellation 06 group of satellites carried by the rocket successfully entered their predetermined orbits, marking a complete success for the flight test mission. This mission was the 23rd flight of the Ceres-1 carrier rocket!

[Ceres-1 Sea-Launched Y7 Carrier Rocket Successfully Launched] At 04:10 Beijing time on January 16, 2026, the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China successfully launched the Ceres-1 sea-launched Y7 carrier rocket from the sea area near Shandong. The rocket carried the Tianqi Constellation 06 group of satellites, which successfully entered a low Earth orbit at an altitude of 850 km and an inclination of 45°. The flight test mission was a complete success. This mission marked the 23rd flight of the Ceres-1 carrier rocket

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This is an enhanced satellite launch following the successful global networking of the first phase of the Tianqi Constellation launched by the Ceres-1 sea-launched Y5 rocket on May 19, 2025, and the sixth dedicated rocket launch since the Tianqi Constellation began large-scale networking. With this satellite launch and networking, the Tianqi Constellation will enter a new stage of large-scale application and ecosystem collaboration in domestic new satellite communication services, bearing the important mission of jointly developing and strengthening China’s satellite Internet of Things industry with industry customers.

The “Tianqi Constellation” is China’s first low-Earth orbit (LEO) IoT communication constellation, and its first phase of global networking has been completed. The Tianqi Constellation features global coverage, miniaturization, low power consumption, and low cost, providing global users with consumer-grade satellite IoT data services across air, space, and sea. It has been widely applied in digital scenarios across various industries, including forestry, agriculture, emergency response, tourism, water conservancy, power, petroleum, marine, ecology, and smart cities, and is now moving into the direct satellite connection market for ToC consumer electronics products such as automobiles, handheld devices, and wearable devices .

The emblem for the Ceres-1 sea-launched (Y7) carrier rocket has been released | Mission

name: Wanghaichao (Looking at the Tide). Galaxy Dynamics Aerospace will soon conduct the launch mission of the Ceres-1 sea-launched (Y7) commercial carrier rocket, mission name: Wanghaichao.

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On the 15^TH January 2026, 1201 Hours Hong- Kong SAR – Beijing time CNSA –China National Space Administration, China, People’s Republic of China . …. At 12:01 PM Beijing time on January 15, 2026, China successfully launched the Algeria Remote Sensing Satellite-3A into orbit using a Long March-2C carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The launch mission was a complete success. This satellite will primarily be used for land planning and disaster prevention and mitigation. This mission marked the 626th flight of the Long March series carrier rockets.

[ Algeria’s Remote Sensing Satellite-3A Successfully Launched ]

The Algeria Remote Sensing Satellite-3A was developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

CASC Great Wall Engineering Co., Ltd., as the general contractor, delivered two optical remote sensing satellites to the Algeria Remote Sensing Satellite System project under the contract signed with the Algerian Space Agency in July 2023, while also providing the ground system and related training and support services.

The Algeria Remote Sensing Satellite System project represents another collaboration between China and Algeria in the aerospace field, following the delivery of the Algeria-1 communications satellite. It is an important manifestation of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Algeria and a vivid example of deepening cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative

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On CNSA –China National Space Administration    …. ChangZheng  Long March 8A flight rocket …. At Hainan Commercial Space Launch Center. Wenchang, Hainan Province, China, People’s Republic of China At 2325 Beijing time…. At 23:25 on January 13, the Long March 8A carrier rocket ignited and lifted off from the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site, successfully sending 18 low-Earth orbit satellites for satellite internet into their predetermined orbits. The launch mission was a complete success.

Another Success! #Long March 8A Rocket Successfully Launches 18 Low-Earth Orbit Satellites for Satellite Internet…

The 18 low-Earth orbit satellites were developed by the Fifth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
The Long March 8A rocket, developed by the First Academy of CASC, is a two-and-a-half-stage liquid-propellant carrier rocket independently developed by China.

This launch was the 625th launch of the Long March series of carrier rockets.

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At 2216 Hours Hong Kong SAR- Beijing Time 13^th January 2026 , China- People’s Republic of China- CNSA –China National Space Administration   Successfully launched  Chang Zheng – Long March 6A yao 27 Carrier Rocket ignited and took off at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Shanxi Province..

[A Great Start to 2026! my country, China, People’s Republic of China Successfully Launches Yaogan-50 01 Satellite]

 At 22:16 Beijing time on January 13, 2026, my country successfully launched the Yaogan-50 01 satellite into its predetermined orbit using a Long March-6A carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The launch mission was a complete success. This satellite will primarily be used for land surveys, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and mitigation.

subsequently sending the Yaogan-50 01 satellite into its predetermined orbit. This marked a complete success for the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation’s first space launch mission of 2026, a strong start to the year’s space launches.

Both the rocket and satellite were developed by the Eighth Academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. The Yaogan-50 01 satellite will be mainly used for land surveys, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention and mitigation.
The Long March 6A rocket is China’s first solid-liquid coupled launch vehicle, with a two-and-a-half-stage configuration, meeting diverse and intensive launch requirements for single and multiple satellites in series, parallel, stacked, wall-mounted, and mounted configurations. It has a payload capacity of no less than 4.5 tons to a 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.

This mission marked the 624th flight of the Long March series of carrier rockets.

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Beijing Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. is the first domestic aerospace enterprise with mixed ownership, and it is also the target enterprise that Oriental Aerospace Port focuses on introducing. Relying on the scientific research strength and resource advantages of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Aerospace Flight Technology Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Aerospace Science and Technology has been committed to the research and development and integration of space technology and aerospace vehicles as a platform for the transformation of major national scientific research projects, as well as the transformation and provision of technological achievements. Aerospace launch service. The Lijian-1 rocket project also adds a brand-new name card to the Oriental Space Port, which will surely promote the construction of the Oriental Space Port to take a solid step forward.

Lihong-1 Completes First Suborbital Flight Test

Mission a Complete Success, Recoverable Payload Module Lands Smoothly… At 16:00 on January 12, 2026, the Lihong-1 Y1 spacecraft from CAS Space Technology successfully completed its suborbital flight test mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. The recoverable payload module successfully landed and was recovered via parachute. The maiden flight carried a microgravity laser additive manufacturing recoverable scientific experimental payload and aerospace radiation-induced mutation rose seeds. This flight test successfully verified the re-entry, atmospheric return, deceleration, and recovery of the recoverable payload module. Simultaneously, it verified the precise landing point control technology for the spacecraft’s sub-stage return, achieving a landing point accuracy of hundreds of meters at a distance of 100 kilometers. This marks the transition of space manufacturing from the “concept verification” stage to the “engineering verification” stage, laying a solid technical foundation for the near future realization of space manufacturing, space experiments, space medicine, and space tourism.

The Lihong-1 (PH-1) maiden flight test spacecraft reached an altitude of approximately 120 kilometers, crossing the Kármán line into space. This spacecraft boasts a series of outstanding advantages, including low launch cost, high flexibility, and support for experimental payload recovery. Primarily designed for applications such as microgravity science experiments and near-space in-situ exploration, it provides scientific experimental payloads with a highly stable, reliable, and versatile experimental environment for over 300 seconds.

This flight test mission primarily verified the high-reliability parachute aerodynamic deceleration technology for the reentry payload capsule and the precise landing point control technology for the spacecraft’s sub-stage return. Specific achievements are as follows:

1. The Lihong-1 reentry payload capsule employed parachute recovery technology. The entire return process involved atmospheric reentry, followed by atmospheric deceleration to subsonic speeds, and then further deceleration using parachutes to ensure the payload capsule’s landing speed met mission requirements. To achieve the high-reliability parachute aerodynamic deceleration technology for the reentry payload capsule, breakthroughs were achieved in high-precision recovery trajectory prediction technology for the parachute deceleration system, refined aerodynamic and dynamic integrated analysis technology for the wide-speed-range parachute system, and reliability modeling and comprehensive performance evaluation technology for the parachute deceleration system. This technology can provide preliminary technical verification for the company’s subsequent Lihong-2 reusable spacecraft’s cluster parachute recovery technology and accumulate valuable experimental data for the reliable deceleration and recovery of manned spacecraft for space tourism.
2. The Lihong-1 flight carried out verification of the precise landing point control technology for the return of the spacecraft’s sub-stage. This technology is one of the core key technologies for achieving vertical return and reusability of rocket sub-stages. Under complex reentry force, thermal environment constraints, and high-dimensional landing terminal constraints, an online real-time trajectory guidance optimization algorithm was used to achieve precise landing point control of the spacecraft’s sub-stage return. The verification results, including the high-precision multi-model real-time trajectory optimization method for strongly nonlinear landing problems, the robust autonomous optimal guidance method for complex disturbances and deviations, and the soft-hard coupling design of the autonomous optimal guidance algorithm and a new high-computing-power onboard guidance computer, can be directly applied to orbital rockets, thus enabling breakthroughs in reusable launch vehicle technology at a lower cost .

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