Chinese Space Programs - Government & Private

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Chinese Orbital Launch Schedule for the Coming Weeks

A Long March 6A rocket will launch new batch of satellites polar 07A-R for China's Qianfan Mega-constellation on 19 Apr 2025.
A Long March 8 rocket will launch new batch of satellites polar 04A-R for China's Qianfan Mega-constellation on 21 Apr 2025.
A Long March 2F rocket will launch Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft with three Chinese astronauts to dock with Tiangong Space Station for 180-day mission on 24 Apr 2025.
A Long March 3B rocket will launch Tianlian-2-05 data relay satellites on 26 Apr 2025.
A Long March 5B rocket will launch new batch of satellites LEO 02A-J for China's Guowang Mega-constellation on 29 Apr 2025.


To Be Determined
A Galactic Energy Ceres-1 rocket will launch unknown satellites in Apr 2025
A Land Space Zhuque-2E rocket will launch unknown satellites in Apr 2025

 

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Launch start up Land Space tests Zhuque-3 landing legs


Zhuque-3 is a fully methane powered heavy lift launcher with a payload capacity of 21 T to LEO.

 

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Launch start up iSpace 85T methalox engine JD-2

 

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Launch start up Space Pioneer reconfirms Tianlong 3 debut orbital flight in the third quarter of the year


Tianlong 3 is kerolox powered medium lift launcher with a payload capacity of 17 T to LEO


Tianlong 3 second stage underwent serious accident during testing last year

 

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Launch start up Land Space tests Zhuque-3 landing legs
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Zhuque-3 is a fully methane powered heavy lift launcher with a payload capacity of 21 T to LEO.
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Zhuque 3 first orbital flight is expected in Sept 2025

 

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Chinese 2028 Mars Sample Return

 

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Chinese Space Station releases cubsats

Space Force have cataloged an object released from the Chinese Space Station around Apr 6 or 7. 63523/2021-035E is possibly (but far from certainly) the Naxing-4A/B cubesat payload from Tsinghua University that was carried to the station by the Tianzhou-8 freighter in November.

 

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Launch start up CAS Space Kinetica 2 rocket rehearsal

 

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Chinese Moon robot Dr.Octopus

 

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Rocket engine start up SpaceCircling 85T staged combustion kerolox engine Qiaolong 1 hot fire test on 11 Apr 2025

 

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Rocket engine start up SpaceCircling 85T staged combustion kerolox engine Qiaolong 1 hot fire test on 11 Apr 2025
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Space Circling now owns three types kerolox engines: Little Dragon(Xiaolong), Swift Dragon (Qiaolong) and Red Dragon (Honglong)

 

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Rocket engine start up SpaceCircling 85T staged combustion kerolox engine Qiaolong 1 hot fire test on 11 Apr 2025
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Take notice of greenish steak of light