{"id":95738,"date":"2019-09-03T08:02:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T15:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/china-is-quickly-becoming-a-space-superpower"},"modified":"2019-09-03T08:02:28","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T15:02:28","slug":"china-is-quickly-becoming-a-space-superpower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/china-is-quickly-becoming-a-space-superpower","title":{"rendered":"China Is Quickly Becoming a Space Superpower"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One firm looking to capitalize is Beijing-based startup i-Space, which is preparing for its third launch in coming weeks. Like most of the $500 million-valued firm\u2019s employees, CEO Jingqi Cai came from China\u2019s state space industry. She sees no limit to what the Chinese commercial space industry can achieve. \u201cI don\u2019t know any country in the world which can do things as fast as in China,\u201d says Cai.<\/p>\n

Still, the ability of China\u2019s commercial space firms to compete is curtailed by strict International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) rules, which prohibit satellites containing American components from being launched by China. In response, China is offering holistic \u201cturnkey\u201d solutions: building U.S. component-free satellites for clients, handling the launch and offering ground station support. Although China\u2019s share of the commercial market remains small at around 5\u201310%, say analysts, it is growing with launch of communications and surveillance satellites for nations like Brazil, Venezuela, Laos, Nigeria and Algeria. In addition, European satellite manufacturers have begun designing devices<\/a> labeled as \u201cITAR-free\u201d for this reason.<\/p>\n

The likelihood is that China\u2019s space exploration and commercial programs will advance in tandem. For i-Space chief engineer Yi Wei, launching satellites is simple compared to his previous job designing escape pods for China\u2019s state-run human space program. \u201cIn comparison, I feel no pressure here at all,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One firm looking to capitalize is Beijing-based startup i-Space, which is preparing for its third launch in coming weeks. Like most of the $500 million-valued firm\u2019s employees, CEO Jingqi Cai came from China\u2019s state space industry. She sees no limit to what the Chinese commercial space industry can achieve. \u201cI don\u2019t know any country in [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2028,1511],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-satellites","category-surveillance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}