Issue 141
China Launches Second Yaogan-50 into Retrograde Orbit
15 Mar 2026: China launched a LM-6A with the Yaogan-50 02 (68196) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. According to official sources, the satellite “will be used for…
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15 Mar 2026: China launched a LM-6A with the Yaogan-50 02 (68196) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. According to official sources, the satellite “will be used for…
13 Jan 2026: China launched a LM-6A with the Yaogan-50 01 (67433) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. According to official sources, the satellite “will be used for…
12 Nov 2025: Significant solar activity caused the delay of the second New Glenn launch on 12 Nov. Seemed like a good opportunity to take a look at…
27 Sep 2025: As predicted in the previous Flash , China circularized Yaogan (YG)-45's (65563) and the satellite is now orbiting Earth at an average altitude of 7,500km.…
22 May 2022: In a paper published in Modern Defence Technology, Chinese military researchers say the country needs to be able to disable or destroy SpaceX's Starlink satellites…
5 Apr 2023: GF-13-02 settled into its GEO slot at 146.7°E, expanding China's coverage of the Western Pacific. China launched GF-13-02 on a Long March 3B from Xichang…
22 Jul 2023: China launched a Long March 2D from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Onboard were 4 satellites including GALAXY-SPACE's first flat-panel LEO communication satellite, the Lingxi-03. The…
23 Aug 2023: China accused a US proposal to ban anti-satellite weapons testing in space of promoting “fake arms control” and “real military expansion”. The statement came after…
14 Sep 2023: Germany signed the Artemis Accords, adding one of Europe's largest space powers to a document outlining best practices for sustainable space exploration. Germany became the…
16 Jan: Newer Flash readers may not be aware that for a few months in 2022 we had Jack Anthony as a contributing author. I sent Jack a…
6 Feb: Articles from SCMP reporter Stephen Chen & Eurasian Times reporter Ashish Danqwal, detail Chinese claims that their researchers have managed to monitor & analyze the complete…
20 Apr: Yaogan-35 02C re-entered the Earth's atmosphere just after midnight UTC on 20 April. The satellite last maneuvered in late November 2022. On 15 Mar 2024 the…
4 Apr: Newer Flash readers may not be aware that for a few months in 2022 we had Jack Anthony as a contributing author. In early 2024 I…
9 Sep 2021: China launched a Long March 3B with ChinaSat-9B into GTO from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. This satellite serves as a replacement to ChinaSat-9A, launched…
In Feb and Apr 2021 open-source reporting revealed information about China’s Undergraduate and Graduate Space Officer Training. Training appears to be centralized at the PLA Space Engineering University…