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  • Wan Nan/Chongqing Ribao via Reuters

    China marks a key private rocket launch

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    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    05.21.2018

    American companies currently dominate the private spaceflight industry, but that might not be true for much longer. China's OneSpace Technologies launched its first rocket on May 16th, effectively kicking off the era of private space transportation in the country. The single-stage OS-X vehicle didn't technically enter space during its test flight (it reached an altitude of 'just' 25 miles) and was funded by the state-backed Aviation Industry Corporation, but it's still early days for what promises to be an ambitious program.