China's Ceres-1 rocket successfully clocks 3rd consecutive orbital launch

LiftOff: Silky smooth ride of China's commercial rocket CERES-1 Y3 launches three satellites on Aug 09. Private space firm Galactic Energy launched the Ceres-1 carrier rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, successfully placing three commercial satellites into a solar synchronous orbit of 500 km. It marked the 30th orbital flight of the year for China and 3rd consecutive successful launch of the Ceres-1 rocket.
The CERES 1 Y3 rocket, the third of its kind, blasted off at 12:11 pm Tuesday at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gobi Desert and soon placed three small satellites into sun-synchronous orbits about 500 kilometers above the Earth, the private startup said in a news release.

The payloads lifted by the rocket are two Earth-observation satellites and a technology demonstration satellite.

The mission marked the first time a privately built Chinese rocket successfully completed three orbital launches, far outperforming other private competitors.
A CERES 1 rocket is about 20 meters tall, has a diameter of 1.4 meters and is mainly fueled by a solid propellant. With a liftoff weight of 33 metric tons, it is capable of sending a 300-kilogram satellite, or several satellites with a combined weight of 300 kg, to a 500-km sun synchronous orbit, or 350-kg payloads to a low-Earth orbit at an altitude of 200 km.

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[teamtryxgg]

Congratulations to China on another successful launch.

[josephdewuhan]

Great video although I saw this news yesterday from a Chinese source. Thumb up.

[huangzb]

With such a talented Chairman, ISRO should send a manned spacecraft to the Sun.

[robertl]

if i wanted to read i would have picked up a book

[KSnSLifestyle]

Is this rocket about the same size as the failed Indian rocket?