China's Second Tier Space Industrial Bases

Rising Clusters Are Appearing in Unexpected Places

Dear Readers,

Happy halfway point of 2023, and happy early July 4th for those who celebrate 🇺🇸

This month, we saw several major events in the Chinese space sector. CAS Space broke the Chinese record for satellites on a single launch with 26, which stood for only about a week before CASC reclaimed the crown with a 41x satellite LM-2D launch. Chinese com…