on Monday, boosting the private company’s ambition to become the Chinese rival to SpaceX. Galactic Energy’s Ceres-1 rocket lifted off Monday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, sending five commercial satellites into their intended orbits, the Beijing-based company said in a statement on the same day. The five satellites will be used for telecommunication, weather forecasts and scientific research for government agencies in the country, the company added.
But some firms are developing or testing reusable liquid-propellant rocket engines, which allow precise control of the thrust after ignition. Last year, Galactic Energy successfully tested its liquid-propellant Welkin engine for its next-generation rockets. Its founder Liu Baiqi said that they want to build the Chinese version of the Merlin engine, which was developed by SpaceX.
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How much garbage is going to be flying around in space, anyway?
How manydoes that make? Not only have we pollution on earth, but now surrounding earth.. Millions of Obsolete satellites, circling our earth🙄😳
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