MinoSpace Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Wed, 03 Jul 2024 14:04:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png MinoSpace Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Chinese satellite manufacturer MinoSpace raises $137 million https://spacenews.com/chinese-satellite-manufacturer-minospace-raises-137-million/ https://spacenews.com/chinese-satellite-manufacturer-minospace-raises-137-million/#respond Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:45:19 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=466013

Chinese commercial satellite maker MinoSpace has secured more than $137 million to further its design and production aspirations.

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Galactic Energy of China registers third consecutive successful launch https://spacenews.com/galactic-energy-of-china-registers-third-consecutive-successful-launch/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 10:40:38 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=130298 A 20-meter-tall rocket lifts off into the sky from a cloud of dust at the desert spaceport of Jiuquan, northwest China, with a trail of exhaust behind the rocket. The rocket is rising into a blue sky punctuated by a number of cumulus clouds.
A 20-meter-tall rocket lifts off into the sky from a cloud of dust at the desert spaceport of Jiuquan, northwest China, with a trail of exhaust behind the rocket. The rocket is rising into a blue sky punctuated by a number of cumulus clouds.

Chinese commercial launch service provider Galactic Energy maintained a 100 percent launch record early Tuesday with its third Ceres-1 solid rocket launch.

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China launches national record 22 satellites on Long March 8 commercial rideshare https://spacenews.com/china-launches-national-record-22-satellites-on-long-march-8-commercial-rideshare/ Sun, 27 Feb 2022 14:44:59 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=124600 The second Long March 8 lifts off from Wenchang at 11:06 a.m. local time, Feb. 27, 2022.
The second Long March 8 lifts off from Wenchang at 11:06 a.m. local time, Feb. 27, 2022.

China’s second Long March 8 rocket launched late Saturday carrying a domestic record 22 satellites for a range of commercial Chinese space companies.

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China launches space mining test spacecraft on commercial rideshare mission https://spacenews.com/china-launches-space-mining-test-spacecraft-on-commercial-rideshare-mission/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:45:03 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=113778 An illustration of the Origin Space NEO-1 space mining test spacecraft in orbit.
An illustration of the Origin Space NEO-1 space mining test spacecraft in orbit.

China launched a small space mining test spacecraft and eight other commercial satellites into orbit on a Long March 6 rocket late Monday.

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China’s commercial satellite sector sees boost from ‘new infrastructure’ policy https://spacenews.com/chinas-commercial-satellite-sector-sees-boost-from-new-infrastructure-policy/ https://spacenews.com/chinas-commercial-satellite-sector-sees-boost-from-new-infrastructure-policy/#respond Fri, 15 May 2020 11:54:12 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=101591 A Kuaizhou-1A carrying two Chinese commercial Xingyun satellites lifts off from a TEL at Jiuquan May 11, 2020.
A Kuaizhou-1A carrying two Chinese commercial Xingyun satellites lifts off from a TEL at Jiuquan May 11, 2020.

China's commercial satellite sector is expecting to see a boost after satellite internet was added to a list of "new infrastructures" to receive government support.

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MinoSpace raises $14 million to develop larger satellites https://spacenews.com/minospace-raises-14-million-to-develop-larger-satellites/ https://spacenews.com/minospace-raises-14-million-to-develop-larger-satellites/#respond Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:31:37 +0000 https://dev-spacenews.pantheonsite.io/?p=99046 A MinoSpace spacecraft container.
A MinoSpace spacecraft container.

MinoSpace has secured new series A round funding which the Beijing-based private satellite company will use to develop larger satellite platforms.

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