Interspace Explore (i-Space, Interstellar Glory, Beijing Interstellar Development Technology)

A Chinese startup is aiming to developing spacecraft capable of supplying China’s space station, with a first small demonstration launch set for 2022.

Created: 2021-08-14

Updated: 2025-09-06

Company - Interspace Explore (i-Space, Interstellar Glory, Beijing Interstellar Development Technology)

Founded
Country: 2016; China

Product/Service - ZengZhang

Classification: Cargo Transportation & Landers

Category: Transport Service (Re-Entry)
Microgravity Flight Service (Reusable Satellite)
Transport Service (Earth-LEO)

Fields: Space Capsule

Status: Development

First launch: 2025

Beijing-based InterSpace Explore signed a with Chinese private launch firm Galactic Energy for launch of the Zengzhang-1 demonstration returnable satellite on a Ceres-1 solid rocket in 2022.

Interspace Explore, full name Beijing Interstellar Development Technology Co., Ltd., raised tens of millions of Chinese yuan (¥6.48 per dollar) from investment firm Innoangel Fund.

The Zenghang-1 (Growth-1) satellite will have a launch mass of around 350 kilograms and return a payload of more than 100 kilograms, according to Chinese media reports.

Interspace Explore founder Fu Shiming, a former employee of state-owned spacecraft maker China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) and a member of the Tiangong-2 space lab project, said at a press conference that spacecraft are essential to human use of space resources and hold huge commercial and military value.

Status Comment

Returnable satellite has not yet been launched as of early 2024.

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