An OS-M series rocket illustration from the OneSpace webpages (Credit: OneSpace)

Chinese rocket maker OneSpace secures $44m in funding; Expace prepares for commercial launch

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Chinese private launch vehicle maker OneSpace has secured $43.6 million in Series B financing as the company looks to its first orbital launch near the end of 2018.

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Render of the Landspace Zhuque-1 three-stage solid rocket. Credit: Landspace

Landspace of China to launch first rocket in Q4 2018

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Emerging private Chinese company Landspace is set to launch its first rocket into orbit in the final quarter of 2018, carrying a small satellite for a state television company.

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Illustration of the Zhuque-2 two-stage methane/LOX rocket from the Landspace homepage (Credit: Landspace)

Commercial Chinese companies set sights on methalox rockets, first orbital launches

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Landspace says it has designed a methane- and liquid-oxygen-powered rocket it aims to test launch in 2020.

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Chinese launch company OneSpace complete a vertical assembly rehearsal for the OS-X rocket on April 11, 2018. A test launch is slated for May 17. Credit: Image courtesy of OneSpace

Chinese commercial launch sector nears takeoff with suborbital rocket test

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It is still early days for this emerging sector, but 2018 will be the year that Chinese commercial launch companies begin to take off.

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