ZhuQue-3 was officially initiated in August 2023.

Mission VA267 (LE-01) will fly on the first Ariane 64.

Arianespace set a launch window for mission VA267 (LE-01).

LE-01 is an Amazon low Earth orbit payload.

Blue Origin will pause New Shepard flights for no less than two years.

Blue Origin positions its shift of resources as supporting the United States’ goal of returning to the Moon and establishing a permanent, sustained lunar presence.

Blue Origin reports that New Shepard has a multi-year customer backlog.

New Shepard has flown 38 times to date.

New Shepard has carried 98 humans above the Kármán line to date.

Blue Origin will redirect resources from New Shepard flights to accelerate development of the company's human lunar capabilities.

New Shepard has launched more than 200 scientific and research payloads from students, academia, research organizations, and NASA.

New Shepard is the first reusable spaceflight system to vertically land.

Research organizations have been customers flying payloads on New Shepard.

Observers question whether New Shepard has lost more money than previously understood.

Virgin Galactic has an SS2 "Delta-class" spacecraft design.

Virgin Galactic must conduct flights of its SS2 "Delta-class" ships before those vehicles can be operational.

CAS Space is developing an upcoming vehicle called Lihong-2 described as a hopper.

CAS Space flew the Lihong-1 vehicle three weeks before January 30, 2026.

Lihong-1 is a single-stage sounding rocket that includes a recovery capsule.

CAS Space is a semi-state-owned, semi-private Chinese aerospace company.

Multiple Chinese companies are aspiring to enter the commercial human spaceflight (space tourism) market.

China's Lihong-1 was tested using a solid rocket motor.

Blue Origin's New Shepard uses a hydrogen-fueled BE-3 engine.

A Chinese company identified as CAS Space is using three gas-generator RP-1/LOX engines each producing 25–30 tonnes of thrust on the booster of the Lihong-2 rocket.

Virgin Galactic's suborbital spacecraft use hybrid rocket motors that require replacement between flights.

Blue Origin staff were surprised internally by the decision to pause the New Shepard program.

The New Shepard program remains a drain on Blue Origin’s efforts.

The New Shepard program has gotten closer to breaking even.

Blue Origin had four new New Shepard boosters in various states of development when the program was paused.

Blue Origin is pausing its New Shepard program.

Haven-1's in-house life support systems are being tested and include air revitalization.

Haven-1 is undergoing full-scale life support testing.

Rocket Lab launched KAIST’s NeonSat-1A after several delays.

NeonSat-1A is the second of two demonstration satellites for South Korea’s Microsatellite Constellation.

Rocket Lab had a 100% mission success rate in 2026 at the time of the post.

Payload deployment was confirmed for the 'Bridging The Swarm' mission for KAIST.

Ten operational satellites for South Korea’s Microsatellite Constellation are scheduled to launch across two KSLV Nuri rockets in Q3 2026 (likely August) and 2027.

The launch was Rocket Lab’s 81st launch in total.

The launch was Rocket Lab’s second launch in eight days.

HTV-X2 is scheduled NET in Q3.

The Pressurized Cargo Module for Cygnus NG-24 left Thales’ facility in Turin and recently arrived at Kennedy Space Center.

Cygnus NG-24 is scheduled NET Apr. 3.

CRS-35 with iROSA is scheduled NET August.

The Cygnus NG-24 Pressurized Cargo Module will be mated with a service module from Northrop Grumman and prepared for launch aboard Falcon 9 in a few months.

Crew-12 is scheduled NET Feb. 11.

Starliner-1 is scheduled NET April.

CRS-34 is scheduled NET May.

Plans have been discussed to build a gigabay facility at the Wenchang Launch Site.

Scaffolding on the CZ-10 Vehicle Assembly Building is being removed.

Weibo posts circulated images of a possible Long March 9 (CZ-9) Vehicle Assembly Building.