China’s Wenchang Space Launch Site reached its milestone 50th launch at the end of July, but this week also experienced a third launch failure; while China’s other launch sites have all been active as the nation increasingly deploys more AI-powered and in-space computing technology into orbit.
Preparations for the launch of the seventh Chang’e mission, which will continue China’s exploration of the lunar south pole, are in full swing, while Galactic Energy is close to the debut of its Zhishenxing-1 rocket and LandSpace is awaiting a break in the weather to attempt recovery of the first stage of its ZhuQue-3 rocket.