21 August 2018
Beijing-based private space company LandSpace completed the final assembly of its solid propellant rocket on 20 August for a scheduled fourth-quarter launch, which will be the first Chinese private-sector commercial rocket to go into orbit. The proprietary three-stage solid propellant rocket by LandSpace, named Zhuque-1, is 19 meters tall with a 1.35-meter diameter and a takeoff mass of 27 metric tons and thrust of 45 tons. It will carry a small China Central Television satellite for space science and remote sensing for a state broadcaster, said the company.
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