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China ran four Qianfan (SpaceSail) launches in nine days, including the debut of the Long March-12B. Across 12 Qianfan launches to date, seven have used the LM-6A (Taiyuan),…
hina launched an LM-2D with four Guowang test satellites (69320–69323) from Xichang; all entered their preset orbits. The launch resembles the 1 April 2025 (HJS-6A–D) and 24 April…
China launched an LM-5 with extended fairing carrying TJS-25 (69474) from Wenchang. Per official sources, it reached the planned orbit and “will be mainly used to carry out…
After ~10 days in Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), Chinese operators circularized TJS-24 (69235) and parked it in GEO at 90.3°E. With inclination near 0°, it is effectively geostationary.…
A paired Shijian-29 test system has tightened its formation in the geostationary belt to roughly 30–35 km — the closest the two have flown — while the U.S.…
17 May 2026: China launched a Long March-8 with 18 SpaceSail satellites (69104-69121) from Hainan (Wenchang). According to official sources, the 18 satellites constitute the ninth batch of…
27 Mar 2026: As we reported in the 6 Apr 2026 - Integrity Flash , Shiyan-33 (SY‑33) is a Chinese experimental satellite launched on 27 March 2026 aboard…
26 May 2026: China launched a Long March-7A with TJS-24 (69235) from Wenchang. According to official sources, the satellite entered the preset orbit successfully and “will be mainly…
The growing competition in space between the United States and China is no longer theoretical or confined to science fiction. The recent Financial Times interactive report “Space Weapons”…
A 2026 CSIS report argues China is changing the way it operates in geosynchronous orbit (GEO), turning what used to look like a quiet parking lot into something…
7 May 2026: The COMSPOC_OPS team posted a very interesting analytical product on X . The post detailed Pakistan’s growing space-based ISR constellation, focusing on the orbits of…
14 May 2026: Frequent Flash readers are no doubt tracking China’s ongoing efforts to deploy proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) constellations. Chinese civilian and military leadership have taken…
12 May 2026: China launched a Long March-6A with 18 SpaceSail satellites (2026-104A-R, SATNOS not assigned yet) from Taiyuan. According to official sources, the 18 satellites constitute the…
7 May 2026: Chinese space operators increased the average altitude of SJ-23 (55131) ~105km to reverse its eastward drift. The maneuvers occurred as the satellite approached 175°E Longitude,…
13 May 2026: China maneuvered TJS-3 (43874) into position to observe one of its GEO-based imagery satellites, Gaofen-13 02 (55912). Thank you for the heads up Nathan Parrot…
24 Apr 2026: China launched a Long March-2D with four “Satellite Internet Technology Test Satellites” (68831-68834) from Xichang. According to official sources, the satellites entered their preset orbits…
1 May 2026: TJS-10 (58204) increased its SMA ~52.4km from 28-30 April. The maneuver halted TJS-10's eastward drift and the satellite is now maintaining its position at 92.4°…
8 April 2026: The 2026 Secure World Foundation Global Counterspace Capabilities Report assesses the continued expansion of counterspace capabilities across 13 countries and highlights the increasing integration of…
17 Apr 2026: Over the next 2-3 weeks both USA 325 and TJS-10 will pass through Cosmos 2589's orbit. As we began reporting in November 2025, Cosmos 2589…
5 Apr 2026: Suspected Chinese inspector satellite Shiyan-12 02 (50322) passed ~71km of Iran’s new GEO satellite Jam e Jam 1 (67757). The fly-by opportunity occurred at ~34°E…
11 Apr 2026: China launched a Smart Dragon-3 (Jielong-3) with one Weixing Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan Weixing (Satellite Internet Technology Test Satellite, Guowang Test Object A) (68687) satellite from…
8 Apr 2026: China launched a Long March-6A with the 21st group of Guowang (China SatNet LEO) satellites from Taiyuan. According to official sources, the 5 satellites (68656-68660)…
7 Apr 2026: China launched a Long March-8 with the seventh group of 18 SpaceSail satellites from Wenchang. According to official sources, the SpaceSail (Qianfan) Constellation, is developed…
14 Apr 2026: China launched a Lijian-1 with 8 Jilin-1 (Gaofen-7) satellites (68691-68698) from Jiuquan. According to CAS Space all satellites were successfully placed into the desired orbits.…
