A 20-meter-tall rocket lifts off into the sky from a cloud of dust at the desert spaceport of Jiuquan, northwest China, with a trail of exhaust behind the rocket. The rocket is rising into a blue sky punctuated by a number of cumulus clouds.
Liftoff of the third Ceres-1 solid rocket from Jiuquan, Aug. 9, 2022. Credit: Galaxy Space

HELSINKI — Chinese commercial launch service provider Galactic Energy maintained a 100 percent launch record early Tuesday with its third Ceres-1 solid rocket launch.

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Andrew Jones writes about China's space industry, including civilian programs, space science and exploration, policy, and commercial developments for SpaceNews, and writes the China Report newsletter. He has additional bylines in Scientific American,...