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China launches commercial carrier rocket
By Xinhua Published: Jul 29, 2025 01:43 PM
A SQX-1 Y10 commercial carrier rocket carrying a satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on July 29, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 12:11 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, sending a satellite into its planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A SQX-1 Y10 commercial carrier rocket carrying a satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on July 29, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 12:11 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, sending a satellite into its planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

China successfully launched the SQX-1 Y10 commercial carrier rocket into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Tuesday.

The rocket blasted off at 12:11 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, sending a satellite into its planned orbit.

A SQX-1 Y10 commercial carrier rocket carrying a satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on July 29, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 12:11 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, sending a satellite into its planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A SQX-1 Y10 commercial carrier rocket carrying a satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on July 29, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 12:11 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, sending a satellite into its planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)


 
A SQX-1 Y10 commercial carrier rocket carrying a satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on July 29, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 12:11 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, sending a satellite into its planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

A SQX-1 Y10 commercial carrier rocket carrying a satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on July 29, 2025. The rocket blasted off at 12:11 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the launch site, sending a satellite into its planned orbit. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)