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Chinese banks are increasingly using satellites to evaluate their clients’ terrestrial assets. Photo: Shutterstock
Banking & finance

Default in our stars: China banks use satellites to track assets, cut loan risks

Analysts say orbital monitoring of sites, property and other assets provides vital data on borrowers.

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Video | Can China overtake Nasa in the race to the moon?

Science

This weird-looking humanoid robot could help China conquer the moon: scientists

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Science

China sends fourth ‘Shenlong’ reusable spacecraft mission into orbit

Programme for ‘peaceful use of outer space’ launched in 2020 is seen as potential rival to US Space Force’s X-37B.

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The official name and technical specifications of the spacecraft have yet to be announced, but Chinese space fans have dubbed it the Shenlong, or “Divine Dragon”. Photo: Sina
Mainland China

Failures force China to cancel rocket launches – but maybe not for Long March-10A

There are signs online that the launch window could remain be open for another test of a planned lunar heavy lifter.

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Space

Video | Japanese rocket fails to launch satellite into orbit

The Michibiki satellite is the sixth in a seven-orbiter geolocation system aimed at giving Japan highly accurate positioning services.

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China Future Tech briefing

Aerospace | Lunar race pits China against US as humans seek return to moon

China and the US are vying to put people on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years in a contest that is as much about economics and geopolitics as it is about technology.

Lunar race pits China against US as humans seek return to moon
China's space programme

China launches satellite ‘super factory’ in bid to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink

The facility features a ‘factory-to-launch’ pipeline, expected to make it faster and cheaper to build low Earth orbit constellations.

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Science

China’s first reusable rocket Zhuque-3 fails recovery, leaving US in the lead

Designer LandSpace says it is investigating after lower stage of the rocket appeared to catch fire before crashing near the recovery site.

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Space

China’s Xingyan ‘Star Eye’ network to track satellites and space debris

The web of 156 orbiting sensors will form the country’s second space situational awareness constellation designed to bring down the risk of collisions.

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The Kaiyun-1 was launched in September as he first satellite in China’s Guangshi space situational-awareness constellation. Photo: Handout
Science

How Cleopatra’s bath loofah may help PLA jets to vanish from space radars

From ancient royal baths to future stealth warfare – a humble kitchen vegetable may hold the key to defeating space-based radar hunters.

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Organic Luffa Cylindrica, better known as a loofah, is a gourd vegetable that Chinese scientists say could be turned into stealth coating to make advanced aircraft invisible. Photo: Getty
China Future Tech briefing

Aerospace | Musk’s SpaceX faces China threat in reusable rocket race

At least nine reusable rocket projects are nearing maiden flights in China, posing a potential threat to Elon Musk-led SpaceX’s grip on the commercial satellite launch market.

China manufacturing

Engine shortages crimp China’s C919 deliveries amid global aerospace bottleneck

State-owned planemaker deploys teams to CFM – a joint venture between GE and Safran that makes the C919’s Leap-1C engine – as suppliers race to meet demand.

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Artificial intelligence

Satellite maker Uspace pivots to AI applications at new tech centre in Shenzhen

The initiative forms part of efforts to operate a network of more than 100 ‘Golden Bauhinia’ satellites above the Greater Bay Area.

Uspace expects to produce and launch the remaining satellites under its “Golden Bauhinia Constellation” project before 2026. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

China sends astronauts and mice to space station for first in-orbit mammal study

Shenzhou-21 crew reaches Tiangong in record time and will conduct 27 scientific experiments during six-month mission.

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Shenzhou-21 crew members Zhang Hongzhang (left), Zhang Lu (centre) and Wu Fei (right) wave during a departure ceremony before boarding a bus to take them to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on Friday. Photo: AFP
Trending in China

Self-taught China teen launches rocket to 400 metres using inexpensive materials

With no prior knowledge in rocket construction, Zhang turns to short video platforms to learn from DIY videos shared by others.

China technology

Chasing Starlink, China Unicom a step closer to satellite communication services

New licence is expected to foster a moderately competitive market while making internet services more accessible to everyday users.

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China technology

Opinion | For China and the Middle East, a Space Silk Road is written in the stars

Traditionally reliant on the US, Arab countries are turning to Beijing as relations with Washington sour over the Gaza humanitarian crisis.

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A Long March-2C rocket carrying a MisrSat-2 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on December 4, 2023, in a joint China-Egyptian effort. Photo: EPA-EFE/Xinhua
Science

China completes key Lanyue lander test for crewed moon mission by 2030

Test marks ‘a major milestone’ in lunar landing effort, space agency says.

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Science

Scorch marks at Deep Blue’s test site in China point to reusable rocket failure

The company has not commented on satellite imagery showing launch pad burn marks or the outcome of VTVL tests in Inner Mongolia.

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China airliners

Explainer | From nose to tail, how China is reshaping the aviation supply chain

Recent achievements show Beijing’s efforts to localise the components of its planes have not abated in the wake of the C919’s success.

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The licencing of the AES100 turboshaft engine is one of several recent milestones in China’s campaign to localise its aviation supply chain. Photo: Xinhua
Science

China’s Shenzhou-19 astronauts reveal record spacewalk featured surprise repair

Commander Cai Xuzhe recounts an unrehearsed effort to fix problem with space station hardware.

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Spacewalks are considered some of the most dangerous activities in space exploration, and extravehicular tasks are typically planned and rehearsed. Photo: Xinhua
Science

US Earth imaging satellite fleet is creating ‘low-cost orbital landmines’: China

Chinese Academy of Sciences software scientists say Planet Labs’ Dove constellation risks uncontrolled re-entry and potential collisions.

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Science

Chinese scientists break design ‘curse’ that killed US Navy’s drone programme

Research team says a revolutionary software design could provide ‘critical technical support’ for next-generation warplanes.

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China's space programme

Video | China’s Tianzhou-9 blasts off for resupply mission

China’s Tianzhou-9 cargo craft launches for Tiangong space station resupply mission
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Science

China’s Tianlong-3 rocket passes critical test a year after explosive mishap

Space Pioneer unveils plan to allow ordinary people to ‘take a rocket like they take a plane, making global one-hour travel possible’.

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Beijing-based startup Space Pioneer says it has completed a major structural stress test following more than 100 technical upgrades to its redesigned vehicle after Tianlong-3 rocket crashed in June last year. Photo: Handout
Space

Opinion | A few small steps for Hong Kong, a giant leap for China’s space sector

The city is well suited to advance China’s commercial ambitions in the cosmos and play a leading role in reforming outdated legal frameworks.

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Science

New Dawn: Pan Jianwei reveals high-orbit quantum satellite for global network

China’s ‘father of quantum’ tells German conference that project has laid groundwork to potentially redefine international basic unit of time.

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