Andrew Jones

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Journalist tracking China's space programme. Correspondent at @SpaceNews_Inc; @SPACEdotcom @exploreplanets @IEEESpectrum

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Second test firing of the Long March 10 test article took place at 0700 UTC at Wenchang today, lasting 320 seconds. Part of the test was assessing secondary ignition capabilities of the 7 parallel first-stage engines.

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Wow. This is apparently what was supposed to be a STATIC FIRE TEST today of a Tianlong-3 first stage by China's Space Pioneer. That's catastrophic, not static. Firm was targeting an orbital launch in the coming months.

Turns out there were two male mice launched on the DEAR-5 cargo spacecraft for neuroscience research. Spacecraft is planned to operate in orbit for one year and is not rated for reentry, so it's game over at some point for the rodents. Video is prelaunch.

Onboard view of descent and views of the capture.

This is a spectacular view of the fiery, failed Zhuque-3 first stage landing attempt over the desert.

Drone footage from Deep Blue Aerospace's VTVL attempt today. Great view of the landing and explosion.

Oh boy. So Chinese methalox rocket engine maker Jiuzhou Yunjian has tested its Longyun-70 engines with a stainless steel tank made by Space Epoch, a Chinese launch startup that wants to develop an initial mini version of SpaceX's Starship.

Hop test: China's iSpace has conducted a ~200 metre altitude VTVL test with its Hyperbola-2 methane-liquid oxygen test stage.

Another view from iSpace

Another launch video of CZ-12A. Awaiting official reports, but reportedly reached orbit, first stage landing failed.

Official video from Landspace of today's static fire test of its Zhuque-3 first stage at Jiuquan.

China just conducted a successful pad abort test for its new Mengzhou crew spacecraft

Landspace has published a video from the Zhuque-3 reentry and descent, including some onboard camera footage. Great to see.

Looks like Chinese company Space Epoch just carried out a vertical takeoff and splashdown test.

Stable descent and splashdown footage.

SAST is displaying an economical lunar cargo transportation spacecraft at a conference in Shanghai. A demo version has already completed liftoff, hovering and landing tests. Image via xinhua.

A Long March 8A lifted off at 0753 UTC today from Wenchang, carrying the 14th group of Guowang LEO megaconstellation satellites into orbit. This was China's 79th orbital launch attempt of 2026 (80th coming on Monday).

Heads up: A spent stage from a Long March 3B hypergolic rocket launched yesterday fell in Zhenyuan County, Guizhou. Another terrifying close call with the CZ-3B.

A YF-100 engine variant test at Tongchuan today.

Normal service resumes, with a Long March 12 (expendable) lifting off from Hainan at 0748 UTC today, delivering the 19th group of Guowang satellites (developed by commercial company GalaxySpace) into orbit. Crowds got a good view.