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A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, 20 July 2023.

A Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket blasting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in north-west China, on July 20.

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Zhao Dan, Qian Tong and Hao Shuai

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BEIJING – On July 12, the Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2) rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in north-west China’s Gansu province, successfully entering its designated orbit.

LandSpace Technology became the world’s first private company to

launch a methane-liquid oxygen carrier rocket,

marking a major breakthrough in China’s new low-cost liquid-propellant rockets.

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