It is rumored that a boilerplate second-stage and the rest of the interstage will be installed atop the vehicle in the coming weeks.

A vehicle resembling the Long March 10A launch vehicle is being secured to a mobile launch platform at the Wenchang Space Launch Site’s Launch Complex 301.

The Long March 10B will be Wenchang’s first methane-utilizing launch vehicle.

Only a Long March 8A launch is expected to fly uninterrupted on February 3rd.

Fit tests have been underway for a vehicle with dimensions equivalent to a mission-ready Long March 10A first-stage.

The Long March 12B is expected to become China’s third reusable rocket in the coming weeks.

Most launch preparations for Mengzhou have been halted to allocate resources for a test flight scheduled for February 11th.

The seven YF-100K engines on the Long March 10A may not be running at their full thrust of 892 tons.

LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 launch vehicle flew for the first time on December 3rd, 2025.

The Long March 10 Moon rocket can send up to 27,000 kilograms on a trans-lunar trajectory without needing a third-stage or two additional first-stage boosters.

The Long March 10A mainly consists of boilerplate components to demonstrate initial ascent up to an abort point.

The water deluge system at Launch Complex 301 was tested in January to suppress sound and energy from a rocket launch.

The test setup will include a Mengzhou capsule, an operational abort tower, and a mass-equivalent dummy service module.

The Long March 10 rocket is designed to lift up to 18,000 kilograms into low Earth orbit.

Capital Aerospace Machinery Co Ltd held a mobilization meeting to encourage staff for an upcoming test flight of great importance for new spacecraft and launch vehicle operations.

The Long March 10B is preparing for its debut flight expected around April 2026 from Commercial Launch Pad 2 at the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site.

Two commodity arms have been attached to the base of the Long March 10A stage and access platforms have been constructed around the expected interstage area.

An in-flight abort test for the Mengzhou spacecraft is currently underway.

The vehicle is a modification of the Long March 10 series static fire article and includes a boilerplate remainder of the first stage.

The drone ship 'Linghangzhe' is being prepared for recovery of the Long March 10B's booster using a 'tensioned wires' recovery system.

Yang Liwei reported good progress in hardware development for China’s crewed lunar landing program.

The Long March 12A launch vehicle debuted on December 23rd, 2025.

The Long March 10B is likely to be China’s fourth reusable rocket and the first that does not launch from Jiuquan.

The Mengzhou crewed spacecraft is preparing for its debut demonstration mission to the Tiangong Space Station in the second half of this year.

The Long March 10B will be capable of carrying up to 16,000 kilograms into orbit.

EUMETSAT projects that the EPS-Sterna program will generate €30 billion in economic value for Europe.

The first generation of six microsatellites for EPS-Sterna is scheduled for launch in 2029.

The Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) was launched on August 16, 2024, to validate the operational capabilities for EPS-Sterna.

The initial deployment phase of EPS-Sterna includes the launch of six satellites in 2029, followed by two subsequent tranches.

By April 2025, ESA confirmed that the Arctic Weather Satellite was performing comparably to heritage systems.

EPS-Sterna will achieve a global revisit time of less than three hours and a data latency of approximately one hour.

The EPS-Sterna program is estimated to cost approximately €1 billion.

Phil Evans, Director-General of EUMETSAT, emphasized the critical role of EPS-Sterna in improving national meteorological services.

ESA will manage the procurement of the Sterna satellites on behalf of EUMETSAT.

Each EPS-Sterna microsatellite will weigh 125 kg and be based on the OHB Sweden InnoSat platform.

The microsatellites will carry a 19-channel cross-track scanning microwave radiometer provided by AAC Clyde Space.

On January 12, 2026, the EUMETSAT Council approved the EUMETSAT Polar System – Sterna (EPS-Sterna), a multi-satellite meteorological constellation.

The EPS-Sterna constellation will eventually consist of 20 satellites to ensure continuous global data delivery through 2042.

Reuters Events launched the 'Space and Satellites USA 2026' summit on December 10, 2025.

The 'Space and Satellites USA 2026' summit aims to serve as a strategic execution hub for commercial space.

Pallas-2 may have chopsticks for catching recovery.

Pallas-2 may have strakes for recovery.

The LJ-2 demo flight vehicle is at the Joint Space Launch Complex.

The Longxing-1 hopper is being showcased by JZYJ.

A photo of the Longxing-1 hopper was taken by Ace of Razgriz on January 24, 2026.

XZY-1 features splash-down recovery capabilities.

XZY-1 of Sepoch has a payload capacity to a 1100 km orbit of 9 tons.

Sepoch plans to launch XZY-1 at the end of 2026.

Growth in the polar region satellite communications market is fueled by the deployment of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations focused on polar coverage.

Widespread adoption of portable satellite terminals for fieldwork is expected in the polar satellite communications market.