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Monday, September 14
China's Chang'e-6 lunar sample finds home at UN in Vienna
Xinhua — 11:29 pm ET (0329 GMT)

Sunday, September 13
Chinese tourist charged after allegedly flying drone in restricted airspace near Kennedy Space Center
WOFL-TV Orlando — 12:34 am ET (0434 GMT)

Saturday, September 12
China details satellite network buildout in new telecom five-year plan
Space News — 2:03 am ET (0603 GMT)

Friday, September 11
FAST All Sky HI Survey completes "two-step leap" — from 41,741 to 156,411 galaxies, China's FAST telescope maps the largest cosmic gas atlas
Eurekalert — 12:27 am ET (0427 GMT)
China launches new remote sensing satellite groups
Xinhua — 12:24 am ET (0424 GMT)
China alters Chang’e-8 lunar south pole mission amid lunar program reorganization
Space News — 12:18 am ET (0418 GMT)

Wednesday, September 9
China on track to launch Mars sample-return mission in 2028: 'If accurate, this represents a Sputnik moment'
SPACE.com — 11:49 pm ET (0349 GMT)
‘Keep pushing, never fear hardships,’ Hong Kong’s first astronaut tells students
South China Morning Post — 2:53 am ET (0653 GMT)
China's Tianyu Telescope to be commissioned for scientific observations
Xinhua — 2:32 am ET (0632 GMT)
FAST telescope's new discovery reshapes understanding of early universe
Xinhua — 2:32 am ET (0632 GMT)

Saturday, September 5
China to build international constellation for exploring Earth-moon space
Xinhua — 5:59 am ET (0959 GMT)
Chinese reconnaissance satellite breaks up in rare retrograde orbit
Space News — 5:52 am ET (0952 GMT)
China narrows Tianwen-3 Mars sample return landing site selection, seeking traces of life
Space News — 5:51 am ET (0951 GMT)

Friday, September 4
International Deep Space Exploration Conference fosters cooperation
CGTN — 6:45 am ET (1045 GMT)
Chief scientist of China's Tianwen-3 mission says search for signs of life on Mars is top goal
Xinhua — 6:08 am ET (1008 GMT)

Thursday, September 3
A bright space station will soar over the US this week — and it's not the ISS. Here's how to see it
SPACE.com — 6:42 am ET (1042 GMT)
China's private, reusable Pallas-1 rocket aces debut launch
SPACE.com — 6:40 am ET (1040 GMT)
US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
Reuters — 6:35 am ET (1035 GMT)

Wednesday, September 2
China’s 2026 moon laser communication speed is slower than Nasa’s in 2013
South China Morning Post — 5:59 am ET (0959 GMT)

Tuesday, September 1
China's PALLAS-1 rocket completes successful maiden flight
Xinhua — 5:20 am ET (0920 GMT)

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Posted: Sat, Sep 5 9:51 AM ET (1351 GMT)

news links
Monday, September 14
Avio launches pair of climate monitoring European spacecraft to study plants, oceans and atmospheric changes
Spaceflight Now — 12:00 am ET (0400 GMT)
Human Spaceflight Key Agenda Item For ESA Intermediate Ministerial
Aviation Week — 11:58 pm ET (0358 GMT)
FLEX and Sentinel-3C launched
ESA — 11:57 pm ET (0357 GMT)
Starlink broadband pilot targets Lincolnshire's rural 'not spots'
BBC — 11:56 pm ET (0356 GMT)
US military has ‘on-orbit’ space weapons, Air Force Secretary reveals
Defense One — 11:55 pm ET (0355 GMT)
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