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AZSpace (Ziwei Technology)

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紫微宇通科技有限公司

AZSpace (Ziwei Technology): This Chinese high-tech enterprise, founded in 2019 and based in Beijing, focuses on space exploration and transportation services, particularly designing recoverable spacecraft and related reentry technologies. They aim to provide diversified spacecraft products for scientific, enterprise, and consumer customers, with their core products being small series of spacecraft. They are focused on designing recoverable spacecraft and related reentry technologies.

commercialFounded 2019
Beijing, China
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Chinese companies AZSpace and CAS Space displayed New Shepard-like suborbital vehicle models at the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney that included design elements resembling New Shepard and Falcon 9.

GeneralCapabilityPlanValue 3.0Feb 2, 2026Suborbital’s descending trajectory

AZSpace is the only other commercial entity pursuing the capability of extended-duration space missions currently limited to state-owned enterprises.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.3Jan 12, 2026CAS Space Debuts Suborbital Research and Technology Testing Rocket

AZSPACE is testing an inflatable space module known as the orange bubble on the DEAR-5 mission.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Dec 31, 2025AZSPACE testing inflatable space module (the orange bubble) on DEAR-5

AZSPACE is testing an inflatable space module known as the orange bubble on the DEAR-5 mission.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Dec 31, 2025AZSPACE testing inflatable space module (the orange bubble) on DEAR-5

AZSPACE has released plans for 2026 that include a reusable suborbital space travel system, a commercial space station, larger orbital spacecraft, and a re-entry capsule.

PlanCapabilityGrowthValue 4.0Dec 31, 2025AZSPACE testing inflatable space module (the orange bubble) on DEAR-5

AZSPACE plans to produce a re-entry capsule by 2026.

PlanGrowthValue 3.5Dec 29, 2025👀 AZSPACE releases plans for 2026, including reusable suborbital space travel system, commercial space station, larger orbital spacecraft and re-entry capsule.

AZSPACE plans to manufacture larger orbital spacecraft by 2026.

GrowthPlanValue 3.0Dec 29, 2025👀 AZSPACE releases plans for 2026, including reusable suborbital space travel system, commercial space station, larger orbital spacecraft and re-entry capsule.

AZSPACE plans to create a commercial space station by 2026.

PlanGrowthValue 3.7Dec 29, 2025👀 AZSPACE releases plans for 2026, including reusable suborbital space travel system, commercial space station, larger orbital spacecraft and re-entry capsule.

AZSPACE plans to develop a reusable suborbital space travel system by 2026.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.2Dec 29, 2025👀 AZSPACE releases plans for 2026, including reusable suborbital space travel system, commercial space station, larger orbital spacecraft and re-entry capsule.

AZSPACE's DEAR-5 cargo spacecraft will stay in orbit.

PlanValue 3.5Dec 17, 2025There are two mice in AZSPACE's DEAR-5 cargo spacecraft. They won't be back as the ship will stay in orbit. 👇 Video taken before launch.

There are two mice in AZSPACE's DEAR-5 cargo spacecraft.

CapabilityValue 2.0Dec 17, 2025There are two mice in AZSPACE's DEAR-5 cargo spacecraft. They won't be back as the ship will stay in orbit. 👇 Video taken before launch.

Zhang Xiaomin is the chairman of AZSpace.

GovernanceValue 2.8Dec 14, 2025China launches carrier rocket to deploy experimental cargo ship and satellite

AZSpace's spacecraft is capable of serving as a space laboratory for scientists.

CapabilityValue 2.2Dec 14, 2025China launches carrier rocket to deploy experimental cargo ship and satellite

The DEAR 5 is the second member of the B300-L family developed by Beijing-based private spacecraft company AZSpace.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Dec 14, 2025China launches carrier rocket to deploy experimental cargo ship and satellite

AZSpace plans to develop recoverable satellites like the Fanhui Shi Weixing, with a new version tested via Shijian-19 in October 2024.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 13, 2025New Commercial Cargo Spacecraft Reaches Orbit for Yearlong Mission [Kuaizhou-11 Y8]

AZSpace's Dear-5 mission is the first time a non-government space enterprise has flown a cargo spacecraft to host payloads for microgravity study.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.8Dec 13, 2025New Commercial Cargo Spacecraft Reaches Orbit for Yearlong Mission [Kuaizhou-11 Y8]

EXPACE's Kuaizhou-11 Y8 launched the DEAR-5 cargo ship for AZSPACE at 01:08 UTC on December 13.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Dec 13, 2025🚀 Liftoff at 01:08UTC December 13, EXPACE's Kuaizhou-11 Y8 launched the DEAR-5 cargo ship for AZSPACE. Another satellite XiWang-5 was also on the ride

AZSpace was the primary customer for this launch, delivering its small Dear-5 commercial cargo spacecraft for its first yearlong mission.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Dec 13, 2025New Commercial Cargo Spacecraft Reaches Orbit for Yearlong Mission [Kuaizhou-11 Y8]

AZSpace announced various milestones in 2024, but their DEER-1 spacecraft was a casualty of a failed launch.

GeneralValue 3.0Jan 7, 2025China Space in 2024: A Review

AZSpace aims to launch a 300-kilogram-capacity B300 reusable cargo spacecraft in 2023.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 27, 2023China narrows field for low-cost space station cargo missions
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