China Academy of Sciences’ Institute for Small Satellite Innovation released a second batch of in-orbit test results for the Light Boat experimental spacecraft on June 29. The vehicle launched on March 30, 2026; the first batch of results was published April 15. The new results cover precision space measurement, cost-reduction and efficiency measures for space operations, concepts for future space hospitals and space biological cultivation, and are presented as technical support for deployment o

The vessel Arctic Express docked at a US‑sanctioned floating storage unit in Russia’s Murmansk region and loaded gas from the Arctic LNG 2 project — the first time the ship has carried gas from a blacklisted source. Arctic Express entered service in 2007 and was reflagged to Russia in May. Tracking‑data analysis shows at least 21 vessels have been used to transport LNG from sanctioned Russian projects, indicating Moscow is enlarging its fleet to evade Western restrictions. The biggest remaining barrier to Arctic LNG 2 exports is a shortage of ships able to deliver cargoes to buyers.

On June 28, Zhiyuan's 15,000th embodied intelligent robot rolled off its production line. The unit, a Zhiyuan Jingling G2, was delivered same day to Longcheer Technology and placed into the company's ODM production line for commercial manufacturing.