Over 70% of private rocket manufacturing companies are concentrated in Beijing, and a preliminary formation of a large-scale commercial spaceflight innovation industry cluster has taken shape.

(Source: Beijing Federation of Industry and Commerce)

Beijing Daily reporters learned from the Municipal Science and Technology Commission and Zhongguancun Administrative Committee that currently, over 70% of private rocket complete vehicle companies nationwide are concentrated in Beijing, and a large-scale innovative industrial cluster for private commercial spaceflight has initially formed.

The city has more than 300 companies engaged in related commercial space activities. The industrial layout of “South Arrow and North Star” provides these companies with broad development space. Among them, the “South Arrow” industrial cluster develops contiguous areas focusing on key equipment such as star rocket manufacturing and ground terminals, creating an advanced manufacturing industry belt. Around “Rocket Street,” more than 70% of private rocket complete vehicle companies nationwide have gathered. The “North Star” industrial cluster is also advancing simultaneously, focusing on satellite development, constellation operation, and space-earth information applications. The “Satellite Town,” starting from Zhongguancun No. 1, has attracted over 40 commercial space enterprises and institutions.

The Municipal Science and Technology Commission and Zhongguancun Administrative Committee stated that Beijing has abundant resources for commercial space innovation and a solid industrial foundation. The top 100 commercial space companies, listed companies, and unicorns account for half of the national total. The industry chain covers rockets, satellites, ground equipment, and application services, forming an efficient upstream and downstream collaborative and cluster development pattern. Looking ahead to the “14th Five-Year Plan,” the city will continue to focus on serving the goal of achieving high-level technological independence and self-reliance, emphasizing the development of new productive forces in commercial spaceflight, and increasing technological breakthroughs in this field.

Innovations in reusable rocket recovery and reuse technology will accelerate, enabling scaled launches; the development of satellite constellations will speed up, breaking through key technical bottlenecks in satellite development, network construction, and on-orbit applications; and the construction and operation of space data centers will be carried out according to plan… A series of task lists have already been outlined and are being systematically promoted. The “South Arrow and North Star” industrial collaboration will be further deepened, promoting the full operation of “Rocket Street” and “Satellite Town,” continuously advancing the deep integration of space-earth information with economic and social development, and building Beijing into a globally influential hub for commercial space innovation and development.

In recent years, Beijing’s private commercial space launch numbers, market share, and success rates have repeatedly hit new highs. Leading local companies such as LandSpace, Galaxy Space, Interstellar Glory, and Galaxy Aerospace have taken the lead, collaborating with universities, research institutes, and upstream and downstream industry chain companies on more than 30 key core technology projects. Many results have reached international advanced levels, accelerating the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into industry. The Beijing Natural Science Foundation’s joint fund for commercial space has established a model where enterprises propose topics, the government provides platforms, and research teams respond, attracting and mobilizing top scientific and technological resources, supporting technological breakthroughs and frontier layout for commercial space enterprises, and guiding the integration and application of innovative technologies in the field.

Source: Beijing Daily

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