Maezawa has been in the headlines for becoming the first tourist to travel to the International Space Station with Russia's space agency

The satellites will be mainly used for commercial remote sensing services, marine environment monitoring, forest fire prevention and disaster mitigation, the report said

Shanghai officials want the city to become a specialised centre for low-cost commercial satellites and reusable rockets by 2025

The first, named Polaris Dawn, will take place no sooner than the fourth quarter of this year and will be commanded by Isaacman, founder of Shift4

Giorgi Rtskhiladze, a former business partner of Donald Trump, claims he was not paid for arranging rocket-launch rights in Kazakhstan

The disturbances are caused by ejections of the solar corona into space, resulting in increased drag on objects in low orbits

Ahead of a visit to Beijing, he said there were "substantial" financial, industrial, technological and human resource opportunities for Russia and China

In a pink-tinted video, the spacecraft can be seen flying against a landscape sprinkled with frost patches, which the China National Space Administration identified as ice caps

China will strengthen space traffic control, improve space debris monitoring system, and build an integrated space-ground space climate monitoring system, a white paper said

These include stickier, more supportive soil on the far side and a greater abundance of rocks and impact craters, according to New Scientist

US officials accused Moscow of carrying out "dangerous and irresponsible" strike that forced International Space Station to take evasive action

Landmark deal comes as OneWeb has launched more than 60% of its LEO fleet that will deliver high-speed, low-latency connectivity