Vyacheslav Ermolin, November 7, 2020
Mission:
First launch of the new Ceres-1 carrier rocket from the private Chinese company Galactic Energy. Launching the Tianqi-11 IoT communications satellite.
Motto:
"Let's do it like Electron, only cheaper and faster."
The official motto is “I believe I can fly”.
Start time and place:
November 7, 2020 07:12 UTC.
Jiuquan Cosmodrome, China.
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It's funny to see the reaction of the new space adherents to the successes of the Chinese private traders. In their opinion, these are “wrong private traders”. At the same time, they do not notice American government investments in the "private" market of start-ups. Interestingly, the Americans are talking about the access of "rocket privateers" to military development of solid-fuel missiles, for which the Chinese are reproached.