What Happened
Chinese Space Firm Expands Global Reach With Southeast Asia Deal
GalaxySpace, a Chinese commercial space company, has announced the completion of China’s first turnkey satellite export to a client in Southeast Asia. The Lingzhi-09 Thailand CubeSat was launched into orbit via a Long March-6C rocket and will provide remote-sensing data for land, agricultural, and ecological uses. The company provided a comprehensive package, including the satellite, ground infrastructure, and workforce instruction, to Thailand’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency. This milestone was reported by IndexBox.