A Chinese commercial Kuaizhou-1A rocket lifts off from a TEL at Jiuquan.
Launch of the second Kuaizhou-1A from Jiuquan in September 2018.

Chinese defense contractor CASIC is preparing to launch a new solid propellant launch vehicle in the first half of the year as part of a multiplatform commercial space strategy.

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Andrew Jones covers China's space industry for SpaceNews. Andrew has previously lived in China and reported from major space conferences there. Based in Helsinki, Finland, he has written for National Geographic, New Scientist, Smithsonian Magazine, Sky...