
China's first private commercial rocket successfully launched
Published:May 20, 2018
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Chinese space company OneSpace Technology launched the country's first private commercial rocket Thursday evening. This accomplishment marks the success of the ...
Chinese space company OneSpace Technology launched the country's first private commercial rocket Thursday evening. This accomplishment marks the success of the first commercial sub-orbital rocket from a private enterprise and lays a solid foundation for future research and development.
Chongqing Liangjiang Star rocket[/caption]
This flight test achieved extended control in space and acquired a large amount of data about space, deeming the trial a great success.
The flight test also carried out research on innovative technologies including drag-mitigating pole, low-cost energy, built-in wireless communication and set an example for simplifying the rocket system design and reducing the R&D costs.
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Chongqing Liangjiang Star, a 9-meter-tall OS-X series rocket designed and built by OneSpace, blasted off from a base in northwestern China. OneSpace became the country's first private company to launch its own rocket. [caption id="attachment_7913" align="aligncenter" width="500"]