i-Space – Spaceflight Now

June 27, 2022

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[ June 24, 2022 ] NASA targeting late summer launch for first Artemis moon rocket Artemis
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[ June 23, 2022 ] Second segment added to Starship launch tower at Kennedy Space Center Mission Reports
[ June 23, 2022 ] ULA’s next launch for Space Force is less than a week away Atlas 5
[ June 22, 2022 ] Ariane 5 rocket deploys satellites for Malaysia and India Ariane 5

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.