By Riyaz ul Khaliq
ISTANBUL (AA) - A privately owned Chinese rocket company on Monday launched into space at least eight satellites, state media reported.
The Galactic Energy deployed eight satellites into sun-synchronous orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu province.
With headquarters in Beijing, the company has sent a total of 71 satellites into space through 17 launch missions.
The firm uses the Ceres-1 rocket and is working to develop reusable Pallas-1 orbital rockets.