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Galactic Energy deploys 4 satellites in successful flight of Ceres 2 rocket


By ZHAO LEI | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2026-11-07 14:14 Galactic Energy, a Beijing-based private rocket maker, conducted the second flight of its Ceres 2, a new model of solid-propellant carrier rocket, on Saturday morning. The company said in a news release that the rocket lifted off at 7:37 am from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China and then deployed four satellites in a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 535 kilometers.

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