Chinese spaceflight activities have been on pause in recent weeks due to the annual Spring Festival and New Lunar Year celebrations. Nonetheless, February saw the maiden launch of the Chang Zheng 8A (CZ-8A) rocket, which debuted new engines and other technologies to expand China’s spaceflight capabilities.
Construction is underway to extend infrastructure at the Hainan and Haiyang launch facilities. What’s more, a new agreement was signed regarding the launch of an upcoming lunar mission for Pakistan, and the launch of an asteroid-sampling mission is approaching.