China is to launch its first solid-propellant carrier rocket. Its technicians are former state-owned aerospace industry workers. The rocket will be launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China's southern province of Sichuan and reach an altitude of about 250 miles (400 kilometers) before splashing down into the Pacific Ocean, The rocket is to be launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, 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. The rocket will be launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China's southern province of Sichuan and reach an altitude of about 250 miles (400 kilometers) before splashing down into the Pacific Ocean, The rocket is to be launched at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, and will be the country's first private carrier to take a satellite into space.