A Chinese #space #startup launched its first rocket from a marine platform in the Yellow Sea, intensifying a race among local companies attempting to compete with foreign firms such as Elon #Musk’s #SpaceX.

Gravity-1, a mid-sized rocket made by #Beijing-based Orienspace, took off from a ship near the coast of the northeastern city of #Haiyang at 1:30 p.m. local time and sent three satellites into orbit, according to state media.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-11/chinese-space-startup-launches-first-rocket-from-sea-based-site?sref=omvmmwIg

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