我國民營航天企業(yè)首次完成'一箭多星'發(fā)射任務(wù)

The Beijing-based private space company i-Space used its own SQX-1Z carrier rocket to place three satellites into space last Wednesday, marking China's first satellite launch by a privately built rocket.

上周三，北京一家民營航天企業(yè)i-Space，使用其自主研制的SQX-1Z運(yùn)載火箭，將三顆衛(wèi)星送入太空，這標(biāo)志著我國首次利用民企制造的火箭發(fā)射衛(wèi)星。

The mission, termed by many industry observers asa landmark in the country's space industry, was conducted at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, which marked the first time that a private rocket blasted off from a government-run space launch site.

此次發(fā)射任務(wù)是在我國西北部的酒泉衛(wèi)星發(fā)射中心進(jìn)行的，多位業(yè)內(nèi)觀察人士稱之為國內(nèi)航空工業(yè)的一個(gè)里程碑事件，這是民營火箭首次在政府運(yùn)營的航天發(fā)射場(chǎng)發(fā)射升空。

Developed and produced by i-Space, a Beijing space startup founded by a group of senior Chinese rocket scientists, the 9.5-meter SQX-1Z solid-propellant carrier rocket roared into the clear sky from a supporting pad from a large desert.

i-Space是由一群中國資深火箭專家成立的航天創(chuàng)業(yè)公司。由該公司開發(fā)和生產(chǎn)的SQX-1Z是一枚固體亞軌道探空火箭，全長9.5米，是從一個(gè)大沙漠的支承墊塊上轟鳴升空。

According to i-Space, the rocket flew for more than 460 seconds and reached 108 kilometers above the ground before releasing three mini satellites.

據(jù)i-Space透露，當(dāng)天這枚火箭飛行了超過460秒，升空高度達(dá)到108公里，之后將三顆微型衛(wèi)星送入太空。

The satellites -- one from ZeroG Lab, a privately owned satellite maker in Beijing, and two from ADA-Space, a private firm in Chengdu specializing in satellite design and data services -- would travel in sub-orbit for an undisclosed period of time for technological demonstration and would then fall back to the land to be recovered, the company said in a statement.

i-Space在一則聲明中稱，這三顆衛(wèi)星--一顆來自民營衛(wèi)星制造商北京零重空間技術(shù)有限公司，兩顆來自民營衛(wèi)星設(shè)計(jì)和數(shù)據(jù)服務(wù)專業(yè)化企業(yè)成都國星宇航科技有限公司，將在亞軌道進(jìn)行技術(shù)驗(yàn)證飛行，后著陸回收，星際榮耀并未披露此次飛行的持續(xù)時(shí)間。

The launch has been the third time for Chinese private enterprises to carry out space mission and also the second flight by the i-Space rocket family.

這次發(fā)射是中國民營企業(yè)第三次執(zhí)行太空任務(wù)，也是i-Space火箭家族的第二次飛行。

The company performed its debut launch in April at a research rocket testing site in the island province of Hainan, verifying the design and equipment of the firm's first product, the indigenously developed SQX-1S.

今年4月份，該公司在海南省的一個(gè)研究火箭試驗(yàn)場(chǎng)進(jìn)行了首次發(fā)射，驗(yàn)證了該公司第一批產(chǎn)品的設(shè)計(jì)和設(shè)備，即自主開發(fā)的SQX-1S。