Location:
Jiuquan, , CHINA
Post Date:
Jul 25, 2019 4:30 AM
TAG ID:
xnaphotostwo073060
(RM)
Credit:
Li Gang / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom
Format:
2800 x 3744 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Li Gang
Keywords:
cn, jt
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
(190725) -- JIUQUAN, July 25, 2019 (Xinhua) -- A carrier rocket developed by a Chinese private company successfully sends two satellites into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, July 25, 2019. The SQX-1 Y1, developed by a Beijing-based private rocket developer i-Space, is a four-stage small commercial carrier rocket. The rocket's body has a maximum diameter of 1.4 meters, length of 20.8 meters and takeoff weight of 31 tonnes. It has a lift capability of sending 260 kg of payload to 500 km high sun-synchronous orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)