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一 | 最佳景观位！SpaceX发布载人龙飞船舱外摄像机拍摄画面这个推进剂飞船本质上就是漂浮在太空中的“加油站”，由上述两家公司联合开发，命名为“Tanker-002”。这个推进剂飞船将会部署在地球同步轨道，也就是距离地球3.6万公里的高度上。

A Xinjiang local resident dances with a robot at the temporary exhibition hall at the region's first robotics 9S center on July 31, 2026. Photo: courtesy of the Xinjiang Future Era Information Technology Co, the operator of the project
China's market landscape experienced a structural optimization in the first half of 2026, powered by a lineup of emerging and future-oriented industries.
Official data from the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) shows 561,000 new enterprises were registered across China's strategic emerging and future industries, spanning next-generation information technology, high-end equipment manufacturing, generative artificial intelligence (AI) and humanoid robotics.
The rapid expansion of these new market players is revamping China's industrial layout and fast-tracking the cultivation of new quality productive forces, underpinning steady high-quality economic upgrading, experts said.
Cutting-edge technology sectors stood out as the brightest growth spots, posting explosive year-on-year expansion. The generative AI industry recorded a 28 percent surge in new start-ups with 55,000 newly established firms, while the humanoid robot sector saw a 9.5 percent rise, adding 116,000 new enterprises.
"It shows that China's innovation momentum is exceptionally strong and remarkably broad-based — a trait that is virtually unique in the global landscape," Chen Jing, a vice president of the Technology and Strategy Research Institute, told the Global Times on Sunday. "The explosive growth of new enterprises in AI and robotics reflects the extraordinary depth and diversity of China's industrial ecosystem."
Outside high‑tech sectors, 3.957 million new services‑sector enterprises were established and booming emerging‑consumption businesses injected fresh impetus into domestic demand, the SAMR said.
The number of new firms in software and telecommunications services rose 3.3 percent to 322,000. Inspection‑and‑testing businesses soared 43.9 percent, and entities dedicated to the commercialization of scientific‑research achievements climbed 6.8 percent to 459,000.
Manufacturers accelerated industrial upgrading with companies moving up the value‑chain ladder, the SAMR said.
High‑end equipment industries have maintained growth during the first half, with 28,000 newly registered firms and a year‑on‑year increase of 2.5 percent.
A total of 330,000 high‑tech‑manufacturing enterprises were operating as of the end of June, including 15,000 newly established ones. Start‑ups engaged in the production of spacecraft and launch vehicles rocketed 185.7 percent. New producers of fiber optic cables climbed 129.4 percent and integrated‑circuit businesses increased by 24.2 percent.
"We are witnessing a dual-engine growth model, where new consumption in the services sector and high-tech services reinforce each other, while the digital and real economies integrate at an accelerating pace. At the same time, the intelligent transformation of manufacturing is picking up speed," Chen said.
The dividends from this industrial transformation are generating a powerful multiplier effect, creating a virtuous cycle led by innovation, Chen noted.
"The first‑half growth and structural shifts among China's market‑based businesses mirrored the country's overall economic momentum and industrial makeup. New‑emerging sectors, core strategic pillar industries and forward‑looking future industries registered the fastest business expansion," Tian Yun, a veteran economist, told the Global Times on Sunday.
These solid achievements fully reflect the success of China's innovation-driven economic strategy.
Strong policy support for specialized, sophisticated, unique and innovative enterprises has fueled this industrial boom while these market players have helped China shore up, upgrade and extend its industrial chains, Tian noted.
This business boom lines up with this year's stellar foreign trade figures, Tian noted.
China's exports rose 23.9 percent year-on-year in dollar terms in July, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Friday.
Exports of high-tech products, including industrial robots and 3D printers, surged by more than 50 percent year-on-year, outpacing the 39 percent growth recorded in the first half of the year, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
The growing pool of high‑quality market players signaled lasting improvements in China's global competitiveness, industrial upgrading capacity and the standard of goods and services. Broader product ranges, better‑made commodities and improved supporting services will deliver durable new‑growth momentum, Tian noted.
。据报道，这个飞船的设计基于OrbitFab公司最新款的“Sherpa OTV”太空货运飞船设计。该公司尚未披露这个推进剂飞船的存储容量，不过Sherpa货运飞船目前公开的数据显示，这一飞船能够运载几百公斤的推进剂“联氨”，外部飞船可以通过微小的接口进行对接，然后完成太空中的“加油”。据悉，Tanker-002的设计有多个看点，除了全世界第一个地球轨道推进剂存储飞船之外，它的体积很小，上述两家公司如何进行设计以及把它准确发射到地球同步轨道，将值得关注。美国宇航局已经制定了让宇航员重返月球、并且建立永久科研基地的计划，而许多民营太空公司将参加这一计划。在2022年晚些时候或是2023年初，SpaceX公司的猎鹰九号火箭将会把美国休斯顿Intuitive Machines公司的IM-2月球着陆器发射到月球上（并非运载宇航员）。

二 | 据悉，Tanker-002飞船将会跟随IM-2着陆器一同发射，在升空4小时之后完成分离，稍后将会进入到地球同步轨道上。IM-2着陆器将会飞往月球，进入环绕月球轨道，并且逐步降低高度，直到在月球表面着陆。着陆时间刚好是Tanker-002计入地球同步轨道的时间。需要指出的是，Tanker-002推进剂存储飞船目前还只是一个验证概念的产品，技术尚未完全成熟。

三 | 对于OrbitFab公司来说，在未来第一个太空飞船“空中加油”客户出现之前，他们首先需要解决各种技术难题。因此，在这一次飞行中，Tanker-002虽然会进入地球同步轨道，但是目前在太空中飞行的飞船并无法通过它来加注燃料。据悉，Tanker-002体积重量小，未来主要的服务对象是小型卫星，而小型卫星市场目前还处在研发的初期，尚未普及。据报道，OrbitFab公司已经引发了太空行业的关注，并且从美国两大军工巨头洛克希德马丁公司和诺斯罗普格鲁曼公司获得了投资。在推进剂存储飞船上，他们还需要开发完善，未来或许能迎来客户和回报。