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2026 · 上海松江（九亭镇）
08 Oct 2026 Jianqi Technology announces completion of its angel series, RMB 200 million in total
2024 · 上海（工商登记于临港新片区）
07 Oct 2026 Cosmoleap says it has completed China's first ground test of a "chopsticks" recovery tower
2018 · Beijing (Yizhuang)
01 Sept 2026 Pallas-1 reaches orbit on its maiden flight, Galactic Energy's first liquid rocket
2018 · Guangzhou (Huangpu)
25 Aug 2026 Kinetica-2 Y2 leaves the factory; launch planned for October
1980 · Beijing
25 Aug 2026 Long March 6A launches Thailand's GISTDA cubesats
2016 · 江苏南通（注册地）
21 Aug 2026 Deep Blue Aerospace completes a 100-second long-duration hot fire of the 130-tonne-class Leiting-RS engine
2015 · Beijing (Yizhuang)
19 Aug 2026 Zhuque-3 Y2 reaches orbit and lands its first stage on land for the first time
2016 · 武汉
05 Aug 2026 Wuhan municipal government discloses three Kuaizhou projects under construction, combined investment over RMB 3 billion
2020 · Yantai, Shandong (R&D centre in Beijing)
05 Aug 2026 Orienspace raises several hundred million yuan in Pre-C round, begins IPO tutoring preparation
2016 · Beijing
05 Aug 2026 iSpace closes first tranche of nearly RMB 1 billion in E round
1999 · Beijing
04 Aug 2026 Long March 8A launches SatNet's Satellite Internet Low Orbit Group 23; CASC is prime contractor for both rocket and satellites
Beijing
31 Jul 2026 CASIC Rocket Technology renamed Kuaizhou Aerospace, taking the 「航天科工」 sign down
2019 · Beijing
22 Jul 2026 Space Epoch completes vibration testing of the Yuanxingzhe-1 second-stage aft bay
2019 · Beijing (Fengtai)
13 Jul 2026 Media report a new Space Pioneer round is close, with post-money valuation possibly above RMB 30 billion
LandSpace launched the Zhuque-2E Y4 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 20:40 Japan time on 14 October 2026, placing 10 satellites into their planned orbits: eight ADA Space Xingshidai satellites and two Lanta Intelligence Guangchuan laser-communication satellites.
China Commercial Rocket Co., a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, has absorbed rocket-engine maker Yuqing Power (Shanghai) and launch-service company Longqing Aerospace, creating an integrated structure covering vehicles, engines, ground systems and launch services. The company had just completed a capital increase raising its registered capital to RMB 6.882 billion.
Chinese commercial rocket company iSpace disclosed in its tenth-anniversary video that its heavy-lift Hyperbola-9 has entered the pre-research stage.
Commercial rocket company Jianqi Technology has closed an angel round, bringing its total funding to RMB 200 million, which will go to developing its second-generation reusable rocket Hujian-1 and building a rocket factory in Shanghai.
Chinese commercial space company Dahang Yueqian is developing a recovery method in which tower-mounted arms catch the rocket, replacing landing legs to save mass and extend reuse life. Its Yueqian-1 rocket recently completed several ground tests and is scheduled to fly for the first time in 2027.
The Chinese commercial launch company's new round drew industrial investors and specialist funds; the money will go to developing and industrialising its two reusable liquid-rocket families.
A Chinese commercial rocket flew another sea-launch mission, placing several satellites into their planned orbits in a single launch, including constellation satellites and a technology test satellite.
At 12:03 on 20 September, CAS Space launched the Kinetica-1 Y18 from the Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Test Zone, placing nine satellites including Qinling-01/02, Pujiang-4 and Pengcheng Nanke-1 into their planned orbits. It was the 16th flight of the Kinetica-1 and the 17th launch of the Kinetica family, which has now put one spacecraft and 121 satellites into orbit. CAS Space says its annual production capacity has reached 30 rockets and its launch campaign has been cut to under 10 days.
At 14:26 on 15 September, LandSpace's Zhuque-2E Y7 lifted off from the Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Test Zone and placed 10 satellites for Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (the Qianfan constellation) into a 900 km orbit. It was the ninth flight of the Zhuque-2 series and the series' first large-scale satellite-internet deployment. LandSpace is meanwhile pursuing a STAR Market IPO seeking RMB 7.5 billion.
Galactic Energy's Pallas-1 lifted off at 10:34:35 Beijing time on 1 September from the Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Test Zone in Jiuquan and reached its planned orbit. The 52-metre, 3.35-metre-diameter rocket weighs about 283 tonnes at liftoff with 350 tonnes of thrust; its first stage clusters seven in-house Cangqiong-50 kerosene-LOX engines, a first for a Chinese private rocket.
LandSpace recovered the Zhuque-3 first stage on 19 August; NASASpaceflight says it toppled about 48 seconds after touchdown when residual propellant ignited.
CAS Space's Lixun-1 upper stage completed a full-system integrated test with 566 seconds of cumulative firing and is ready to move to flight testing, with a maiden flight planned for the first quarter of 2027.