The PAZ-2 program will provide radar imagery and services primarily to the Spanish Ministry of Defence.

The PAZ-2 mission will provide near-real-time services with a latency from acquisition to availability of five minutes.

The PAZ-2 satellites will operate in constellation and will integrate advanced technologies capable of providing improved image resolution up to 10 centimeters.

The PAZ-2 program has 65% national participation under the leadership of Airbus Defence and Space as the prime contractor for the space segment.

Daimon’s transport and deployment systems have development experience related to payload transport and release, including its YAOKI lunar rover.

The transport box concept includes provisions for customer-requested temperature control and protection from radiation.

The proposed transport box is intended to allow simple integration of small payloads onto landers and enable their release onto the lunar surface.

Daimon achieved a soft lunar landing of its self-developed YAOKI lunar rover in March 2025.

Lunar payload transport by lander must accommodate launch vibrations and the harsh space environment encountered during post-separation transit.

Daimon and ispace will jointly pursue realization of a transport box that safely delivers small payloads to the lunar surface and enables their deployment on the Moon.

ispace, headquartered in Chuo City, Tokyo, and Daimon, headquartered in Chuo City, Tokyo, signed a basic agreement on January 30 to study development of a payload transport box for lunar landers.

Daimon will provide a deployment system that is transported to the lunar surface by ispace’s lunar lander to enable release of small payloads.

Daimon will optimize development of the payload transport box for lunar landers.

ispace will examine interface compatibility between the payload transport box and its lunar lander.

Daimon became the first Japanese private company to capture images of the lunar surface.

The French government increased its ownership stake in Eutelsat.

EQT Group is a Sweden-based private equity firm that sought to acquire Eutelsat's ground segment.

Eutelsat's ground segment was the asset targeted for sale to EQT Group.

The French government concluded that Eutelsat's ground segment is "obviously strategic" and blocked the sale of that ground segment to Sweden's EQT Group.

Space Intel Report published a post titled "SES raises concerns over Airbus-Thales-Leonardo space merger and announces plans to build its own satellites".

SES Chief Executive raised concerns about the Airbus-Thales-Leonardo space merger.

SES plans to build its own satellites.

The tested engine uses kerolox (kerosene and liquid oxygen) propellants and has a 240-ton thrust rating.

The 240-ton kerolox engine was developed for large and medium-sized reusable launch vehicles.

CASC conducted a 200-second test of a 240-ton kerolox engine.

The 240-ton kerolox engine is designed for commercial users.

The logo voting page is hosted at cmse.gov.cn:8081.

The Mengzhou logo candidates variously depict the Mengzhou spacecraft, the CZ-10A launch vehicle, and the Tiangong space station.

China's human spaceflight agency opened public voting on January 30, 2026 for mission logos for 2026 missions.

There are 10 candidate logos for the Mengzhou mission.

European observers displayed a surprising level of interest in the Zhuque-3 second-stage reentry because of the rocket's ground tracks and reentry estimates.

The second stage of the first Zhuque-3 rocket reentered over the Southern Ocean at 12:39 UTC (±1 minute) on January 30, 2026.

The US Space Force issued a TIP message about the reentry of the second stage of the first Zhuque-3 rocket.

The first Zhuque-3 rocket launched in December 2025.

The tested engine uses kerosene and liquid oxygen as propellants and is designed to be reusable with a thrust of 240 tonnes.

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation completed a long-duration ground test of a reusable 240-tonne-thrust kerolox engine.

Fraunhofer FHR captured the TIRA radar image of the Chinese ZhuQue-3 upper stage at 10:30 local time.

Fraunhofer FHR acquired the TIRA radar image on behalf of WRLageZ.

ESA and the EU SST network forecast the ZhuQue-3 upper stage’s reentry around midday after a final overflight of Germany at about 10:00 local time.

LandSpace’s ZhuQue-3 (ZQ-3) heavy rocket had a second stage that was tracked shortly before reentry.

Fraunhofer FHR used its space-surveillance radar TIRA to capture a radar image of the ZhuQue-3 upper stage.

ZhuQue-3 has a 4.5-meter body diameter.

The first stage of ZhuQue-3 includes an RCS system, grid fins, and landing legs to enable precise autonomous return, soft landing, and reuse.

The first stage of ZhuQue-3 is equipped with nine TianQue-12A LOX–methane engines.

ZhuQue-3 has a 5.2-meter payload fairing.

The first stage of ZhuQue-3 is constructed primarily from stainless steel.

ZhuQue-3 delivers over 750 tons of liftoff thrust.

ZhuQue-3 has a liftoff mass over 570 tons.

ZhuQue-3 has an overall length of 66.1 meters.

ZhuQue-3 is a large, reusable liquid-fueled launch vehicle independently developed by LandSpace for large-scale constellation deployment missions.