China is to launch its first solid-propellant carrier rocket. Developed by the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center , the ZQ-1 will carry a small satellite, Future, which will orbit for 2020 . The 19-meter-long rocket has a 1.35-meter diameter, a takeoff weight of 27 tonnes and thrust of 45 tonnes. The rocket is to be launched at Landscape in northwest BEIJING , and will be the country's first private carrier to take a satellite into space.
China is to launch its first solid-propellant carrier rocket. Developed by the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center , the ZQ-1 will carry a small satellite, Future, which will orbit for 2020 . The rocket is to be launched at Landscape in northwest BEIJING , and will be the country's first private carrier to take a satellite into space.