Scaffolding on the CZ-10 Vehicle Assembly Building is being removed.
Possible CZ-9's VAB brought on the table. via Jan 30, 2026 Weibo posts circulated images of a possible Long March 9 (CZ-9) Vehicle Assembly Building.
Possible CZ-9's VAB brought on the table. via Jan 30, 2026 iSpace conducted a TE rehearsal with the Pad-2 of Wencheng commercial.
Okay, now postponed to end of 2026(would easily slip to 2027). Jan 30, 2026 China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT) is studying inland helicopter fairing recovery.
Xi'an company wins bid for Haolong's heat shield, no surprise, the spaceplane is further away from launch than Qingzhou CAS Space Lihong-2 "New Shepard" to test recovery for Kinetica-2 Zenkspace Zhihang-1 finished assembly CALT studying Inland helicopter fairing recovery Jan 30, 2026 Zenkspace’s Zhihang-1 has finished assembly.
Xi'an company wins bid for Haolong's heat shield, no surprise, the spaceplane is further away from launch than Qingzhou CAS Space Lihong-2 "New Shepard" to test recovery for Kinetica-2 Zenkspace Zhihang-1 finished assembly CALT studying Inland helicopter fairing recovery Jan 30, 2026 CAS Space’s Lihong-2 'New Shepard' will test recovery procedures for the Kinetica-2 mission.
Xi'an company wins bid for Haolong's heat shield, no surprise, the spaceplane is further away from launch than Qingzhou CAS Space Lihong-2 "New Shepard" to test recovery for Kinetica-2 Zenkspace Zhihang-1 finished assembly CALT studying Inland helicopter fairing recovery Jan 30, 2026 Xinyao Group won the contract to manufacture the heat shield for the Haolong spaceplane.
Xi'an company wins bid for Haolong's heat shield, no surprise, the spaceplane is further away from launch than Qingzhou CAS Space Lihong-2 "New Shepard" to test recovery for Kinetica-2 Zenkspace Zhihang-1 finished assembly CALT studying Inland helicopter fairing recovery Jan 30, 2026 The Haolong spaceplane is further from launch readiness than the Qingzhou spaceplane.
Xi'an company wins bid for Haolong's heat shield, no surprise, the spaceplane is further away from launch than Qingzhou CAS Space Lihong-2 "New Shepard" to test recovery for Kinetica-2 Zenkspace Zhihang-1 finished assembly CALT studying Inland helicopter fairing recovery Jan 30, 2026 Xinyao Group won a bid for the Haolong spacecraft manufacturing mission on January 26, 2026.
Xi'an company wins bid for Haolong's heat shield, no surprise, the spaceplane is further away from launch than Qingzhou CAS Space Lihong-2 "New Shepard" to test recovery for Kinetica-2 Zenkspace Zhihang-1 finished assembly CALT studying Inland helicopter fairing recovery Jan 30, 2026 Dave Limp informed Blue Origin employees about the pause of the New Shepard program.
Re:Lihong in context of the New Shepard cancellation Deep Blue and Interstellor are meme, especially later (shell company tied to Jiutian weixing and led by a TV presenter), also there's no administrative process for commercial crewed spaceflight in China Jan 30, 2026 Dave Limp is the CEO of Blue Origin.
Re:Lihong in context of the New Shepard cancellation Deep Blue and Interstellor are meme, especially later (shell company tied to Jiutian weixing and led by a TV presenter), also there's no administrative process for commercial crewed spaceflight in China Jan 30, 2026 Deep Blue and Interstellor are shell companies tied to Jiutian Weixing and led by a television presenter.
Re:Lihong in context of the New Shepard cancellation Deep Blue and Interstellor are meme, especially later (shell company tied to Jiutian weixing and led by a TV presenter), also there's no administrative process for commercial crewed spaceflight in China Jan 30, 2026 Blue Origin is pausing its New Shepard program for no less than two years.
Re:Lihong in context of the New Shepard cancellation Deep Blue and Interstellor are meme, especially later (shell company tied to Jiutian weixing and led by a TV presenter), also there's no administrative process for commercial crewed spaceflight in China Jan 30, 2026 There is no administrative process for commercial crewed spaceflight in China.
Re:Lihong in context of the New Shepard cancellation Deep Blue and Interstellor are meme, especially later (shell company tied to Jiutian weixing and led by a TV presenter), also there's no administrative process for commercial crewed spaceflight in China Jan 30, 2026 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation will establish a space tourism operation system to realize flight-based operation of suborbital space tourism.
-this also means that CAS Space's Lihong 2 is currently in a legally grey area, the project is only moderately more serious CASC has, obviously, the more serious one, they didn't write about suborbital tourism in their recent 15th 5 year plan goals for nothing, Jan 30, 2026 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation will accelerate the iteration and development of suborbital and orbital space tourism vehicle products.
-this also means that CAS Space's Lihong 2 is currently in a legally grey area, the project is only moderately more serious CASC has, obviously, the more serious one, they didn't write about suborbital tourism in their recent 15th 5 year plan goals for nothing, Jan 30, 2026 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation will complete relevant unmanned or manned flight verifications for space tourism vehicle products.
-this also means that CAS Space's Lihong 2 is currently in a legally grey area, the project is only moderately more serious CASC has, obviously, the more serious one, they didn't write about suborbital tourism in their recent 15th 5 year plan goals for nothing, Jan 30, 2026 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation will promote the development of new fields such as space tourism, space digital infrastructure, space resource development, and space traffic management during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
-this also means that CAS Space's Lihong 2 is currently in a legally grey area, the project is only moderately more serious CASC has, obviously, the more serious one, they didn't write about suborbital tourism in their recent 15th 5 year plan goals for nothing, Jan 30, 2026 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation will gradually develop orbital space tourism.
-this also means that CAS Space's Lihong 2 is currently in a legally grey area, the project is only moderately more serious CASC has, obviously, the more serious one, they didn't write about suborbital tourism in their recent 15th 5 year plan goals for nothing, Jan 30, 2026 CALT developed an earlier VTHL (vertical takeoff, horizontal landing) spaceplane.
ofc there was the old VTHL spaceplane of CALT, but recent rumors talk about a suborbital tourism vehicle using JZYJ/CZ-12A's Longyun engine, it's unclear if it's in a similar VTHL form (1st one used 60tf Methalox YF-77, Longyun More powerful) or in a more "New Shepard"VTVL form. Jan 30, 2026 A lift rocket-powered reusable launch vehicle first stage would utilize a reusable liquid oxygen–methane engine as its primary propulsion and have a wing-body configuration.
ofc there was the old VTHL spaceplane of CALT, but recent rumors talk about a suborbital tourism vehicle using JZYJ/CZ-12A's Longyun engine, it's unclear if it's in a similar VTHL form (1st one used 60tf Methalox YF-77, Longyun More powerful) or in a more "New Shepard"VTVL form. Jan 30, 2026 The lift rocket-powered reusable launch vehicle design specifies a maximum flight altitude of 120 km and a maximum speed of Mach 8.
ofc there was the old VTHL spaceplane of CALT, but recent rumors talk about a suborbital tourism vehicle using JZYJ/CZ-12A's Longyun engine, it's unclear if it's in a similar VTHL form (1st one used 60tf Methalox YF-77, Longyun More powerful) or in a more "New Shepard"VTVL form. Jan 30, 2026 The lift rocket-powered reusable launch vehicle design enables vertical takeoff from the ground and horizontal landing on airport runways.
ofc there was the old VTHL spaceplane of CALT, but recent rumors talk about a suborbital tourism vehicle using JZYJ/CZ-12A's Longyun engine, it's unclear if it's in a similar VTHL form (1st one used 60tf Methalox YF-77, Longyun More powerful) or in a more "New Shepard"VTVL form. Jan 30, 2026 There are rumors of a suborbital tourism vehicle that would use JZYJ/CZ-12A's Longyun engine.
ofc there was the old VTHL spaceplane of CALT, but recent rumors talk about a suborbital tourism vehicle using JZYJ/CZ-12A's Longyun engine, it's unclear if it's in a similar VTHL form (1st one used 60tf Methalox YF-77, Longyun More powerful) or in a more "New Shepard"VTVL form. Jan 30, 2026 The configuration of the rumored suborbital tourism vehicle (VTHL versus VTVL) is unclear.
ofc there was the old VTHL spaceplane of CALT, but recent rumors talk about a suborbital tourism vehicle using JZYJ/CZ-12A's Longyun engine, it's unclear if it's in a similar VTHL form (1st one used 60tf Methalox YF-77, Longyun More powerful) or in a more "New Shepard"VTVL form. Jan 30, 2026 The lift rocket-powered reusable launch vehicle first stage is described as reusable up to 50 times.
ofc there was the old VTHL spaceplane of CALT, but recent rumors talk about a suborbital tourism vehicle using JZYJ/CZ-12A's Longyun engine, it's unclear if it's in a similar VTHL form (1st one used 60tf Methalox YF-77, Longyun More powerful) or in a more "New Shepard"VTVL form. Jan 30, 2026 The first CALT spaceplane used a 60 tf Methalox YF-77 engine.
ofc there was the old VTHL spaceplane of CALT, but recent rumors talk about a suborbital tourism vehicle using JZYJ/CZ-12A's Longyun engine, it's unclear if it's in a similar VTHL form (1st one used 60tf Methalox YF-77, Longyun More powerful) or in a more "New Shepard"VTVL form. Jan 30, 2026 The Longyun engine is described as more powerful than the 60 tf Methalox YF-77.
ofc there was the old VTHL spaceplane of CALT, but recent rumors talk about a suborbital tourism vehicle using JZYJ/CZ-12A's Longyun engine, it's unclear if it's in a similar VTHL form (1st one used 60tf Methalox YF-77, Longyun More powerful) or in a more "New Shepard"VTVL form. Jan 30, 2026 The payload of the lift rocket-powered reusable launch vehicle includes a second stage that is an expendable launch vehicle.
ofc there was the old VTHL spaceplane of CALT, but recent rumors talk about a suborbital tourism vehicle using JZYJ/CZ-12A's Longyun engine, it's unclear if it's in a similar VTHL form (1st one used 60tf Methalox YF-77, Longyun More powerful) or in a more "New Shepard"VTVL form. Jan 30, 2026 Atlas Cup's partnership model externalizes traditional technical and regulatory risks for its orbital racing events.
First Professional Orbital Sport to be Launched by Atlas Cup Jan 29, 2026 Atlas Cup was founded in late 2025.
First Professional Orbital Sport to be Launched by Atlas Cup Jan 29, 2026 Atlas Cup designs its competitions to generate datasets on spacecraft and component performance through direct head-to-head competition.
First Professional Orbital Sport to be Launched by Atlas Cup Jan 29, 2026 Philip Hover-Smoot is the CEO of Atlas Cup.
First Professional Orbital Sport to be Launched by Atlas Cup Jan 29, 2026 Philip Hover-Smoot was most recently CEO of Scout Space, a provider of secure in-space optics solutions to the U.S. Government.
First Professional Orbital Sport to be Launched by Atlas Cup Jan 29, 2026 Atlas Cup is a professional sports media property featuring uncrewed spacecraft competing in what Atlas Cup describes as the fastest sport in history.
First Professional Orbital Sport to be Launched by Atlas Cup Jan 29, 2026 Atlas Cup intends to showcase cutting-edge space technologies through orbital sport competitions.
First Professional Orbital Sport to be Launched by Atlas Cup Jan 29, 2026 Atlas Cup has partners across sports media, space, and technology.
First Professional Orbital Sport to be Launched by Atlas Cup Jan 29, 2026 Momentus is a publicly listed space infrastructure firm.
First Professional Orbital Sport to be Launched by Atlas Cup Jan 29, 2026 Philip Hover-Smoot previously served in senior executive roles at Spaceflight and Momentus.
First Professional Orbital Sport to be Launched by Atlas Cup Jan 29, 2026 Atlas Cup leverages the heritage of America’s Cup and Formula One to create orbital racing spectacles.
First Professional Orbital Sport to be Launched by Atlas Cup Jan 29, 2026 Spaceflight was acquired by Firefly Aerospace.
First Professional Orbital Sport to be Launched by Atlas Cup Jan 29, 2026 The inaugural Atlas Cup championship races are planned for Low Earth Orbit in 2028.
First Professional Orbital Sport to be Launched by Atlas Cup Jan 29, 2026 The World Economic Forum report calls for increased collaboration among space actors, including active data-sharing, to prevent conjunction events in orbit.
WEF’s Space Debris Report Projects Significant Costs Jan 29, 2026 The report projects the total value of space infrastructure over the next decade at $3.03 trillion.
WEF’s Space Debris Report Projects Significant Costs Jan 29, 2026 The report recommends that launch providers commit to controlled reentries and end the practice of abandoning upper stages in congested orbits.
WEF’s Space Debris Report Projects Significant Costs Jan 29, 2026 The report identifies hidden costs of space debris that include revenue lost from service interruptions, satellite replacements and hardware loss, and the cost of performing increased risk-reducing maneuvers in orbit.
WEF’s Space Debris Report Projects Significant Costs Jan 29, 2026 The report calculates that $30.7 billion represents approximately 1.4% of the projected $3.03 trillion total value of space infrastructure over the next decade.
WEF’s Space Debris Report Projects Significant Costs Jan 29, 2026 The World Economic Forum report calls for better adherence to newer responsible best practices for conducting launches and satellite operations.
WEF’s Space Debris Report Projects Significant Costs Jan 29, 2026 The report recommends that regulators embed international best practices in domestic law through licensing conditions and encourage financial incentives that reward sustainable behavior where feasible and appropriate.
WEF’s Space Debris Report Projects Significant Costs Jan 29, 2026 The number of satellites in low Earth orbit megaconstellations is increasing, which raises the probability of orbital collisions with financial and geopolitical implications.
WEF’s Space Debris Report Projects Significant Costs Jan 29, 2026