https://spacewatch.global/tag/ispace-china/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:00:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/ispace-china/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/08/spacewatchgl-column-dongfang-hour-china-aerospace-news-roundup-26-july-1-august-2021/ Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=34828 As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital Gateway Consulting we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 26 July – 1 August 2021”. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Aero/Space News Roundup! A special shout-out to our friends at SpaceWatch.Global,]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/spacewatchgl-column-dongfang-hour-china-aerospace-news-roundup-10-may-16-may-2021/ Mon, 17 May 2021 08:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32835 As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital Gateway Consulting we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 10 May - 16 May 2021”. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Dongfang Hour China Aero/Space News Roundup!]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/02/spacewatchgl-column-dongfang-hour-china-aerospace-news-roundup-1-7-feb-2021/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=30285 As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital Gateway Consulting we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 1 - 7 Feb 2021”.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/spacewatchgl-column-dongfang-hour-china-aerospace-news-roundup-6-dec-13-dec-2020/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29065 https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/spacewatchgl-column-private-investment-into-chinese-space-balancing-control-with-innovation/ Sun, 24 Feb 2019 09:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12842 By Blaine Curcio and Tianyi Lan .Many would correctly say that much of the innovation in the Western space industry over the past decade has occurred because of the private sector. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/spacewatchgl-column-the-race-to-the-launchpad-private-launch-companies-in-china/ Thu, 31 Jan 2019 06:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12613 One could be correct in saying that China has a history of firing rockets into the sky. The earliest evidence of fireworks dates back to the ninth century Tang Dynasty, and over the last thousand-plus years, China has continued to put on some of the world’s most brilliant fireworks spectacles.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/chinese-new-space-onespace-and-ispace-prepare-for-orbital-launches-in-early-2019/ Tue, 29 Jan 2019 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12595 The end of 2014 saw an important development for the Chinese launch sector when the government allowed private capital investment into the Chinese launch and small satellite sectors. Since then, there has been rapid development in small satellite launch vehicles with around 10 new companies emerging as a result. A]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/spacewatchgl-interview-masashi-sato-of-nri-on-the-state-and-future-of-japanese-new-space/ Sun, 04 Nov 2018 09:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11116 Japan's New Space scene is little known and understood outside of Tokyo, despite the emergence of some interesting startups such as iSpace and Infostellar to name just two as well as some big Japanese government announcements about supporting startups in the space sector. SpaceWatch.Global reached out to Masashi Sato, a Senior Consultant at the Nomura Research Institute Ltd. (NRI) in Tokyo and a leading expert on the Japanese space startup scene, to find out what the current state of play is and what the future holds.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/chinas-new-space-race-successful-long-march-2c-launch-for-spacety-commercial-payloads/ Tue, 30 Oct 2018 06:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11049 A Chinese Long March 2C satellite launch vehicle successfully took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Northwest China on Monday, 29 October 2018, lofting the China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSAT) as its primary payload as well as four Cubesats for Chinese New Space satellite manufacturer Spacety.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/chinas-new-space-race-landspaces-zhuque-1-launch-fails-in-first-orbit-bid/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11037 Chinese New Space launch company LandSpace suffered a failure of the third stage of its Zhuque-1 satellite launch vehicle Saturday, 27 October 2018, as it attempted to become the first Chinese private launch company to reach orbit, according to Andrew Jones in Space News.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/chinas-new-space-race-spacety-to-deliver-four-payloads-on-long-march-2c-on-29-october/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 05:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10998 Spacety, a Chinese small satellite startup, is set to launch four CubeSats for a range of clients on a Long March 2C launch vehicle on Monday, 29 October 2018, according to GBTimes’Andrew Jones.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/japans-new-space-sector-buoyed-up-but-is-it-meeting-market-needs/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 05:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10947 The Japanese New Space sector has never had it so good, though no one denies that there is much more to do. Investments are up, a robust ecosystem is emerging, and the Japanese government and large trading houses are now supportive of the sector: significant progress when compared to just a few years ago, according to a special report in the Financial Times.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/chinas-new-space-race-landspace-expected-to-attempt-zhuque-1-orbital-launch-on-27-october/ Mon, 22 Oct 2018 05:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10928 Chinese New Space satellite launch company LandSpace is expected to attempt the maiden orbital launch of its Zhuque-1 launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre (JSLC) in China's Gobi Desert on 27 October 2018, according to a report by Andrew Jones in GBTimes.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/chinese-new-space-space-angels-report-reveals-china-leading-global-new-space-investment/ Fri, 12 Oct 2018 05:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10805 U.S. New Space investment company Space Angels has released its Space Investment Quarterly for the third quarter of 2018, and the report reveals that China is now the leading investor in New Space companies, expanding its market share more than any other country.]]>