Tag Chang Zheng

This week promises a busy schedule for orbital launches, featuring eight attempts predominantly led by SpaceX and various missions from China. SpaceX is planning to deploy two groups of Starlink satellites into the expanding constellation, alongside a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, which will enhance its satellite capabilities. In parallel, China is set for […]

As the transition from 2025 to 2026 approaches, the global launch schedule is slowing down, with just four launches lined up for the coming week. Among these, two are Chinese missions and two stem from SpaceX’s Falcon 9, aimed at deploying the CSG-3 satellite and a batch of Starlink satellites. On December 30, a Chang […]

The final week of 2025 is poised to be action-packed within the scope of space exploration, with nine launches planned across various global launch sites. Notably, only one mission will take place in the United States—SpaceX’s Falcon 9, scheduled to rocket from California. Meanwhile, South Korean firm Innospace is preparing to launch its Hanbit-Nano rocket, […]

The Shenzhou 22 mission, which was initially slated for launch next year, took to the skies successfully on November 25, 2023, at 04:11 UTC. The spacecraft lifted off from Site 901 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in China’s Inner Mongolia province aboard a Chang Zheng-2F rocket. Unmanned, Shenzhou 22 managed an automated docking […]

SpaceX is gearing up for a bustling week ahead, with plans to execute five Falcon 9 launches, including four dedicated to its Starlink satellite constellation and one rideshare mission. Meanwhile, China is also poised for action, planning three rocket launches from the Jiuquan and Xichang launch centers. In an exciting development, South Korean company Innospace […]

This week’s global space agenda features a series of notable missions, including a manned launch from China and the deployment of a new naval satellite for the Indian Navy. SpaceX will initiate the week’s activities with three consecutive Starlink launches from its facilities in California and Florida. The week begins with the first of three […]

In an exciting week for space exploration, two pivotal cargo resupply missions are set to deliver vital supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). The first of these, Progress MS-32, is scheduled to launch atop a Soyuz 2.1a rocket on September 11, 2025, at 15:54 UTC from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This mission will be […]

This week marks a notable period in the sphere of space exploration, highlighted by the imminent launch of China’s Tianwen 2 asteroid sample return mission and a slew of significant operations from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. The interconnections between these events illustrate humanity’s quest to expand its understanding of the cosmos and harness its resources. […]

2024 has been a historic year for space exploration, marked by an astonishing 259 orbital launches—more than double the figures from just a few years ago. This surge can largely be attributed to the relentless pace of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets, which alone accounted for a staggering 132 of these missions. The Falcon 9’s consistent […]

This week, the cosmos will be abuzz with excitement as ten space missions are lined up for launch, each carrying unique payloads aimed at illuminating our understanding of the universe and enhancing our capabilities here on Earth. The highlight of this week is undoubtedly the delayed launch of the Sentinel-1C satellite and the innovative PROBA-3 […]