In an impressive show of progress in commercial spaceflight, Chinese launch company Landspace has successfully deployed six satellites into orbit using an enhanced version of its methane-fueled ...

A recent launch of China's Zhuque-2E rocket triggered a giant white streak of light to appear above at least seven U.S. states after deploying six satellites into low-Earth orbit. The light show ...

Liftoff occurred early Saturday morning (May 17). The Chinese company LandSpace launched its methane-powered Zhugque-2E rocket on Saturday (May 17), carrying a batch of six satellites to orbit ...

It sparked public curiosity. Astronomer Jonathan McDowell identified it as a fuel dump from China's Zhuque-2E rocket. The rocket flew as the geomagnetic storm peaked. The aurora and white streak ...

Just an hour or so before the light became visible, Chinese startup LandSpace Technology launched a methane and oxygen-fuelled Zhuque-2E Y2 rocket. Dr McDowell says the most likely source of the ...

SpaceWeather.com reports: "About an hour before the plume appeared (5:39 UTC), Chinese launch startup Landspace launched the ZhuQue-2E rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (4:12 UTC).

TLEs confirm the Zhuque-2 upper stage passed over the US Four Corners area at 0525 UTC May 17 and is the source of the unusual luminous cloud seen by many observers. At 04:12 UTC, Beijing-based ...

Skywatchers across the U.S. were treated to a startling sight on May 17 as a mysterious white plume tore through the sky during a surprise geomagnetic storm. At first glance, you could be mistaken ...

SpaceWeather.com reports: "About an hour before the plume appeared (5:39 UTC), Chinese launch startup Landspace launched the ZhuQue-2E rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (4:12 UTC).