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1. Various of visitors, exhibitors, exhibits at 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)

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2. Rocket blasting off
3. Animation showing satellites orbiting Earth
4. Various of equipment, technicians

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5. Various of exhibits, visitors, exhibitors
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Huang Heping, general manager for international business development, GalaxySpace (starting with shot 5):
"Telecom operators, satellite manufacturers, as well as the satellite users, we have met over 10 partners or clients who have been here. We have some discussions and collaborations, and even before we came, we already established some memorandum of understandings (MoUs), some NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) were signed, and some documents have already been inked."

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7. Rocket blasting off
8. Various of animations showing satellites orbiting Earth
9. Satellite antennas

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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Wang Yu, international business director, Emposat Co. Ltd:
"We also have ground stations in Africa, in ASEAN, in Argentina, in South America. So based on these ground stations, we will open the overseas market. Until now we have provided services to at least 10 countries."

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11. Various of people having discussions, circuit boards, computers
12. Various of animations showing satellites orbiting Earth

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13. SOUNDBITE (English) Yuan Yi, research expert, Zhejiang Lab (starting with shot 12):
"We provide computing services to our customers, so basically whenever your device or your system could generate a large amount of data in space, we can process this data in a more efficient way."
14. Various of visitors, exhibitors, exhibits
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Christian Feichtinger, executive director, International Astronautical Federation (ending with shot 16):
"We see that this is taking up by a very quickly emerging space ecosystem of the commercial market in China. We appreciate it very much and we can just open our arms and welcome any other new upcoming commercial entity, commercial companies from China."
16. Various of visitors, exhibitors, exhibits
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Farid Gamgami, vice director, Key Laboratory for Satellite Digital Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences:
"I think there is a lot of potential for Chinese companies so I hope in the future to see more Chinese companies at the IAC."
18. Various of visitors, exhibitors, exhibits

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19. Various of animations showing satellites orbiting Earth

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20. Various of visitors, exhibitors, exhibits

Chinese commercial space companies have gained growing attention at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2025 in Australia's Sydney, with many bringing cutting-edge technologies that they hope will help them tap into the global market.

The five-day event running through Friday is held under the theme "Sustainable Space: Resilient Earth". It will serve as a global platform for fostering dialogue, collaboration, and innovation on space-based solutions for Earth and beyond, said the event organizer, the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), in a press release.

As usual, the exhibition area is full of innovations and solutions. But it is clear this year that a growing number of space companies showcasing cutting edge technologies are from China.

As the commercial space industry is booming across the world, dozens of Chinese companies are aiming to expand into the global market with their quality satellite technologies and component services.

"Telecom operators, satellite manufacturers, as well as the satellite users, we have met over 10 partners or clients who have been here. We have some discussions and collaborations, and even before we came, we already established some memorandum of understandings (MoUs), some NDAs (non-disclosure agreements) were signed, and some documents have already been inked," said Huang Heping, general manager for international business development at GalaxySpace, a Chinese private space star-up.

With the growing number of satellites and mega satellite constellations, data processing and ground station service demand is surging.

"We also have ground stations in Africa, in ASEAN, in Argentina, in South America. So based on these ground stations, we will open the overseas market. Until now we have provided services to at least 10 countries." said Wang Yu, international business director for Emposat Co. Ltd.

Advanced technologies such as AI and quantum computing are transforming industries worldwide. Enhancing computing capabilities in space has now become a key focus within the global space community.

"We provide computing services to our customers, so basically whenever your device or your system could generate a large amount of data in space, we can process this data in a more efficient way," said Yuan Yi, a research expert at Zhejiang Lab.

Global space experts welcome and encourage more Chinese space companies to strengthen collaboration with the international space community.

"We see that this is taking up by a very quickly emerging space ecosystem of the commercial market in China. We appreciate it very much and we can just open our arms and welcome any other new upcoming commercial entity, commercial companies from China," said Christian Feichtinger, executive director of the IAF.

"I think there is a lot of potential for Chinese companies so I hope in the future to see more Chinese companies at the IAC," said Farid Gamgami, vice director of the Key Laboratory for Satellite Digital Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

There are over 500 commercial space companies in China. From single-satellite to mega-constellation networking, and from data collection to AI processing services, China's commercial space industry aims to work with more global partners to reshape the global space economy.