The mission included a camera that followed the launch until stage separation.

The flight model of Nebula-1 was at least damaged during pre-flight testing.

There are rumors that the flight model of Nebula-1 was entirely destroyed during pre-flight testing.

The Chang'e-3 lander woke up to establish communication with Earth for the start of 2026.

The Chang'e-3 lander is still operational 12 years after its launch.

Landspace has had its IPO application accepted by the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Landspace is seeking to raise 7.5 billion yuan, equivalent to approximately 1 billion US dollars.

The acceptance of Landspace's IPO application follows a December 26 decision to ease IPO rules for commercial rocket companies in China.

China successfully concluded its launch year with the liftoff of a Long March 7A from Wenchang.

The Long March 7A successfully deployed the Shijian-29-A/B satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).

The Long March 7A rocket launched at 22:40 UTC on December 30.

United Launch Alliance has started stacking the next Vulcan rocket for their upcoming NSSL mission.

The USSF-87 mission will deploy the GSSAP 7 and 8 satellites directly into geostationary orbit.

The upcoming NSSL mission is designated USSF-87.

GALACTIC-ENERGY has completed the first CQ-90 (Cangqiong-90) engine.

GALACTIC-ENERGY plans to conduct the first hot-fire tests of the CQ-90 engine in 2026.

The CQ-90 engine is designed to power the upcoming Pallas-2 launch vehicle.

The ZQ-3 Y2 is almost ready.

China claims that Starlink forced the China Space Station into emergency avoidance maneuvers twice.

China's representative criticized the reckless expansion of low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations due to specific security threats.

China accuses the Starlink network of ignoring local laws to activate service in unauthorized zones.

China is urging relevant countries to strictly abide by their obligations under the Outer Space Treaty to regulate their domestic commercial space activities.

China claims the Starlink network is being used as a tool for interfering in internal affairs and aiding separatist, terrorist, and fraud groups in the Sahel and Southeast Asia.

The European Commission approved the applications from Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania, and Luxembourg for inclusion in the EU SST Partnership on 17 December 2025.

The European Commission adopted an Implementing Decision in June 2025 outlining the procedure for the admission of new members to the EU SST Partnership.

Space Forge is developing larger platforms intended to produce sufficient material for 10,000 chips per mission.

ForgeStar-1 demonstrated the platform’s ability to maintain extreme thermal environments required for semiconductor fabrication in space.

Data from the ForgeStar-1 mission will validate thermal control systems for the next generation of ForgeStar satellites.

Space Forge launched ForgeStar-1 on June 27 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 rideshare mission.

Space Forge activated the manufacturing furnace aboard its ForgeStar-1 satellite in Low Earth Orbit and generated plasma while reaching a temperature of 1,000°C.

Space Forge aims to grow semiconductor crystals in space up to 4,000 times purer than those manufactured on Earth.

ForgeStar-1 is the United Kingdom’s first purpose-built in-space manufacturing satellite.

Space Forge managed the ForgeStar-1 furnace activation from its Mission Operations Centre in Cardiff, Wales.

CNSA has released an image of Tianwen-2 in deep space using a robotic arm.

Tianwen-2 has been in space for 125 days.

China has a record of releasing deep space imagery around its national day and New Year's Day.

Tianwen-2 is currently 45 million kilometers from asteroid Kamoʻoalewa.

The image of Tianwen-2 provides a view of the spacecraft and return capsule for delivering samples from near Earth asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa.

Galactic Energy's Pallas-1 is almost ready for its first flight.

Landspace's IPO application has been accepted by the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

A decision to ease IPO rules for commercial rocket companies in China was made on December 26.

Landspace is seeking to raise 7.5 billion yuan (~US$1 billion) through its IPO.

The Long March 7A Y10 launched Shijian-28 from Wenchang at 12:20 UTC on November 30.

The Long March 7A launched at 22:40 UTC on December 30 and successfully deployed the Shijian-29-A/B to Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO).

China has concluded its launch year with the successful liftoff of a Long March 7A from Wenchang.

The Long March 7A rocket launched at 22:40 UTC on December 30.

China has successfully concluded its launch year with the liftoff of a Long March 7A from Wenchang.

The Long March 7A successfully deployed the Shijian-29-A/B to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).

GALACTIC-ENERGY completed more tests of Pallas-1's main engine CQ-50, including throttling down to 32% and up to 105%.

GALACTIC-ENERGY is targeting a 2026 debut for the Pallas-1 liquid-propellant rocket.