China's space program might have been slowed by the pandemic in 2020, but it certainly didn't stop. But there were a few achievements the rest of the world might not have noticed. One was the November 7 launch of Ceres-1, a new type of rocket, is capable of taking payload into low Earth orbit. The launch sent the Tianqi 11 communications satellite into space. At first glance, the Ceres-1 launch might seem unremarkable. Ceres-1, however, wasn't built and launched by China's national program. It was a commercial rocket from a Chinese company ever to go into space.

 ——China's surging private space industry is out to challenge the US, by MIT Technology Review

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In recent years, Chinese companies continue to strengthen innovative capacity, firmly grasp the key technologies in their own hands and become an important force in China's space industry.