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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,

