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  • China’s SJ-6 Satellites—Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

         The recent on-orbit behavior of China’s Shi Jian 6 (SJ-6) satellite series, together with newly acquired commercial non-Earth imagery (NEI), helps expand our existing knowledge of the satellite constellations’ tactics,

  • CASI Quarterly update #2 for 2025

    CASI Quarterly update#2 for 2025Friends of CASI,            This quarter saw the biennial CMSI conference, which was a terrific event despite the challenges they faced.  Kudos to the whole CMSI team and the people who wrote papers

  • China’s Strategic Hinterland: Enhancing New-Quality Combat Capabilities in Sichuan

    During an inspection tour in Sichuan in July 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping designated Sichuan Province as a “national strategic hinterland” [国家战略腹地], emphasizing its unique and significant role in China’s overall development.

  • The Oriental Maritime Space Port: China's Sea-Based Expansion

    China’s fifth spaceport, the Oriental Maritime Space Port (OMSP) [东方航天港], also known as the Dongfang Spaceport, in Shandong Province, is a facility responsible for both the manufacture and launch of rockets. The Port represents a


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  • China’s SJ-6 Satellites—Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

         The recent on-orbit behavior of China’s Shi Jian 6 (SJ-6) satellite series, together with newly acquired commercial non-Earth imagery (NEI), helps expand our existing knowledge of the satellite constellations’ tactics,

  • CASI Quarterly update #2 for 2025

    CASI Quarterly update#2 for 2025Friends of CASI,            This quarter saw the biennial CMSI conference, which was a terrific event despite the challenges they faced.  Kudos to the whole CMSI team and the people who wrote papers

  • China’s Strategic Hinterland: Enhancing New-Quality Combat Capabilities in Sichuan

    During an inspection tour in Sichuan in July 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping designated Sichuan Province as a “national strategic hinterland” [国家战略腹地], emphasizing its unique and significant role in China’s overall development.

  • The Oriental Maritime Space Port: China's Sea-Based Expansion

    China’s fifth spaceport, the Oriental Maritime Space Port (OMSP) [东方航天港], also known as the Dongfang Spaceport, in Shandong Province, is a facility responsible for both the manufacture and launch of rockets. The Port represents a


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