Zhongke Yuhang and Guangzhou Laboratory are jointly developing a space-pharmaceutical payload and plan to run scenario validation. The first payload is scheduled for suborbital flight on the Lihong-2 reusable launcher in Q1 2027 to conduct protein and small-molecule drug crystallization experiments and to perform preliminary technology validation of space-pharmaceutical equipment.

Kazakh President Tokayev on the 27th signed a decree appointing Aidos Merzhakhmetov, commander of the armed forces' special operations forces, as defense minister and removing Kosanov from the post. During a naval exercise on the Caspian Sea coast in Mangystau region on the 24th, sudden severe weather and high winds caused several servicemen to fall overboard, resulting in 14 deaths; at least five senior officers have been detained. Tokayev on the 26th ordered a special commission to carry out a comprehensive review of the Defense Ministry over the incident.

有消息称沙特阿拉伯传出爆炸声。另有消息称多架前往利雅得国际机场的航班正在等待，具体原因尚不清楚。