A rocket carrying two satellites lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gansu province on July 25, 2019. - A Chinese startup successfully launched the country's first commercial rocket capable of carrying satellites into orbit on July 25, as the space race between China and the US heats up. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China
BEIJING ( AFP): A Chinese startup successfully launched the country's first commercial rocket capable of carrying satellites into orbit Thursday, as the space race between China and the US heats up.
Beijing-based Interstellar Glory Space Technology - also known as iSpace - said it launched two satellites into orbit around 1pm Beijing time (0500 GMT) from Jiuquan, a state launch facility in the Gobi desert.
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