Hyperbola – Spaceflight Now

January 21, 2022

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After success in 2019, Chinese startup fails on second orbital launch attempt

February 4, 2021

The second orbital launch attempt by Chinese launch company iSpace failed shortly after liftoff Feb. 1, following a successful debut flight in 2019 that made iSpace the first private firm in China to put a payload into orbit.

Chinese private company reaches orbit for first time

July 25, 2019

A startup company named i-Space became the first Chinese private firm to achieve orbit Thursday with a successful launch of a light-class Hyperbola 1 booster.