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China's CERES-1 Y8 rocket launches Jilin-1KF02A satellite into orbit
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At 12:59 p.m. on Friday, a private rocket and spacecraft developer, Galactic Energy, successfully launched its CERES-1 Y8 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. This launch propelled the Jilin-1KF02A remote sensing satellite into orbit.

The mission is code-named "Cornfield Chase." This marks the eighth flight mission of the CERES-1 rocket series and, astonishingly, the third launch within a span of just five weeks for this rocket family. The CERES-1 is a small-scale solid-propellant carrier rocket designed to efficiently launch micro-satellites into orbit.

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