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The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced that the return of the Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft, originally scheduled for today, will be postponed due to a suspected impact from a small piece of space debris.The impact analysis and risk assessment are under way, the CMSA said.The decision to postpone the return aims to ensure the safety of the astronauts and the success of the mission.The Shenzhou-20 crew had already completed the handover and takeover procedures in orbit with the Shenzhou-21 crew.

China launched a new remote sensing satellite from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan on Monday. The Yaogan-46 satellite was launched aboard a modified Long March-7 carrier rocket and successfully entered its preset orbit, according to China’s Xinhua News Agency.The satellite will be primarily used for disaster prevention and relief, land resource surveys, hydrology, meteorology, and other related fields.This marks the 605th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.

Japan successfully launched its new unmanned cargo spacecraft on Sunday aboard an H3 launch vehicle from a space center on a southwestern island, carrying supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said the HTV-X1 spacecraft lifted off atop the No. 7 H3 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan.JAXA confirmed that the spacecraft successfully separated from the rocket and entered its planned orbit. If all goes as scheduled, it is expected to arrive at the ISS within a few days to deliver supplies. Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, currently aboard the ISS, is expected to capture the craft with a robotic arm early Thursday.The HTV-X spacecraft has a maximum payload capacity of six tons — 1.5 times greater than its predecessor, the Kounotori — which delivered supplies to the ISS nine times between 2009 and 2020, according to JAXA.

China launched a new remote sensing satellite from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan on Tuesday.The Yaogan-45 satellite was launched aboard a modified Long March-7 carrier rocket. It has entered the preset orbit successfully, according to (Xinhua) news agency.It will be mainly used for scientific experiments, land resource surveys, crop yield estimates, and disaster prevention and relief work.The launch was the 594th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.Meanwhile, a smart Dragon-3 rocket lifted off on Tuesday morning from east China's Shandong Province, sending the Geely-05 constellation satellites into planned orbits.