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Chinese Commercial Rocket Ceres-1 Sends 7 Satellites Into Orbit

© AFP 2023 / STR Chinese soldiers guard the perimeter of the Jiuquan space base, in north China's Gansu province on June 15, 2012, on the eve of the launch of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft.
Chinese soldiers guard the perimeter of the Jiuquan space base, in north China's Gansu province on June 15, 2012, on the eve of the launch of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft. - Sputnik International, 1920, 10.08.2023
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BEIJING (Sputnik) - Chinese private space launch company Galactic Energy said on Thursday it had successfully launched seven satellites into orbit using its Ceres-1 rocket.
The launch took place from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China at 12:03 local time (04:03 GMT) earlier in the day. Among the launched satellites are Diwei Intelligent Emergency-1 with an intelligent operating system and Xiguang-1, one of China's hyperspectral satellite with the highest spectral resolution.
This is the seventh Ceres-1 launch overall and the third successful one in a row this year.
The Ceres-1 solid-propellant rocket was developed by Galactic Energy, a private Chinese company that provides launch services for small commercial satellites.
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The rocket is about 19 meters (62 feet) tall, 1.4 meters in diameter and has a launch weight of 33 tonnes. It can deliver a payload of more than 350 kilograms (770 pounds) to low Earth orbit.
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