a new four-stage rocket operated by the chinese launch company galactic energy succeeded on its inaugural flight saturday, delivering a data relay microsatellite to an orbit 300 miles （500 kilometers） above earth. the ceres 1 rocket lifted off from the jiuquan launch base in in the gobi desert of northwestern china at 0712 gmt （2:12 a.m. est） saturday, according to china's state-run xinhua news agency. （new chinese rocket successful in debut launch, spaceflight now）
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through technical exploration and practice in the field of commercial satellite launches, chinese commercial satellite launch companies have accumulated a large number of self-developed technologies and laid out a relatively complete intellectual property rights protection system, which has enabled china to get more and more involved in such field.
（editor jiang shuo）
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