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Yutu-2 is a robotic lunar rover that operates on the far side of the Moon as part of the Chinese Chang'e 4 mission. Launched in December 2018, it successfully landed in the Von Kármán crater on January 3, 2019. The six-wheeled, 140-kilogram rover became the first spacecraft to soft-land and explore...

Tiangong is China's modular space station, assembled in low Earth orbit at an altitude of approximately 340–450 km. Construction began with the launch of the Tianhe core module on April 29, 2021, followed by the laboratory modules Wentian and Mengtian in 2022. The station is operated by the China Ma...

Shenzhou is China's crewed spacecraft series developed to support human spaceflight missions in low Earth orbit. In 2003, the Shenzhou 5 mission carried the first Chinese national into space, making China the third country to achieve independent human spaceflight capabilities. The spacecraft is desi...

BeiDou-3 MEO satellites are the medium Earth orbit components of China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. These spacecraft form the backbone of the third-generation constellation, which achieved full global operational capability in 2020. Operating at an altitude of approximately 21,500 kilometer...

Shenzhou 15 was a crewed spaceflight launched by the China National Space Administration on November 29, 2022, marking the first mission to transition the Tiangong space station into its permanent operational phase. The three-person crew, consisting of Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming, and Zhang Lu, condu...

BeiDou-3 IGSO satellites are inclined geosynchronous orbit components of China's BeiDou-3 system, providing enhanced signal coverage over the Asia-Pacific region as part of the global constellation completed in 2020.

Zhurong is a robotic Mars rover developed by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) as part of its Tianwen-1 interplanetary mission. It successfully touched down in the southern region of Utopia Planitia on Mars in May 2021, marking China as the second nation to successfully land and operate...

Shenzhou 17 was a crewed Chinese spaceflight launched on October 26, 2023, bound for the Tiangong space station. The mission carried astronauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie, and Jiang Xinlin, notable for comprising the youngest average age of a crew in the history of China's space program. During thei...

Tianzhou is China's uncrewed cargo spacecraft for supplying the Tiangong space station in low Earth orbit. First flown in 2017, it carries propellant, equipment, experiments, food, and other provisions, while also supporting orbital refuelling and station operations. After completing a mission, a Ti...

GaoFen-3 is a Chinese Earth observation satellite launched in August 2016 as part of the country's High-Resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS). It is notable for being China's first C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite designed for civilian use. Operating in a sun-synchronous orbit,...

Yutu is China's first lunar rover, deployed by the Chang'e 3 spacecraft during a successful soft landing on the Moon in December 2013. The deployment marked the first lunar landing by any nation since the Soviet Luna 24 mission in 1976. Designed to explore the Mare Imbrium region, the rover carried...

GaoFen-7 is a Chinese high-resolution Earth observation satellite launched in 2019 as part of the country's Cheos (China High-resolution Earth Observation System) program. It is specifically designed for stereo mapping and topographic surveying. The satellite is equipped with a dual-camera system th...

Tianwen-3 is a planned Mars sample return mission developed by the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Building upon the success of the Tianwen-1 orbiter and rover, this mission aims to land on the Martian surface, collect soil and rock samples, and return them to Earth for laboratory analys...

GaoFen-2 is a Chinese civilian Earth observation satellite launched in 2014 as part of the country's High-resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS). It was notable for being the first Chinese civilian satellite to achieve sub-meter spatial resolution, capturing 0.8-meter panchromatic and 3.2-meter...

ZiYuan-3 (ZY-3) is a Chinese civilian high-resolution stereo mapping satellite launched into a sun-synchronous orbit in 2012. As the first satellite of its kind in China, it was specifically designed for topographic mapping and terrain surveying. The spacecraft employs a three-line array stereo came...

Tiangong-2 was a Chinese space laboratory launched into Earth orbit in September 2016 to test advanced life-support and propellant-refueling technologies. It was occupied for a 30-day mission in late 2016 by two astronauts, Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong, marking China's longest crewed mission at that t...

Launched in April 2013, GaoFen-1 is the first satellite deployed in China's High-Definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS). It operates in a sun-synchronous orbit equipped with high-resolution and wide-field cameras. The satellite provides 2-meter panchromatic and 8-meter multispectral imagery, al...

Tiangong-1 was China's first prototype space laboratory and an early test platform for technologies needed to operate a crewed space station. Launched into low Earth orbit in September 2011, it received the uncrewed Shenzhou 8 spacecraft and the crewed Shenzhou 9 and Shenzhou 10 missions for docking...