我國民營航天企業首次完成'一箭多星'發射任務
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.
上週三，北京一家民營航天企業i-Space，使用其自主研製的SQX-1Z運載火箭，將三顆衛星送入太空，這標誌着我國首次利用民企製造的火箭發射衛星。The mission, termed by many industry observers as a 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.
此次發射任務是在我國西北部的酒泉衛星發射中心進行的，多位業內觀察人士稱之爲國內航空工業的一個里程碑事件，這是民營火箭首次在政府運營的航天發射場發射升空。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是由一羣中國資深火箭專家成立的航天創業公司。由該公司開發和生產的SQX-1Z是一枚固體亞軌道探空火箭，全長9.5米，是從一個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i-Space透露，當天這枚火箭飛行了超過460秒，升空高度達到108公里，之後將三顆微型衛星送入太空。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，這三顆衛星--一顆來自民營衛星製造商北京零重空間技術有限公司，兩顆來自民營衛星設計和數據服務專業化企業成都國星宇航科技有限公司，將在亞軌道進行技術驗證飛行，後着陸回收，星際榮耀並未披露此次飛行的持續時間。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.
這次發射是中國民營企業第三次執行太空任務，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研究火箭試驗場進行了首次發射，驗證了該公司第一批產品的設計和設備，即自主開發的SQX-1S。
