Beijing-based private aerospace company Galactic Energy has carried out a new launch of its flagship rocket model, the CERES-1, with eight satellites aboard. The CERES-1 Y10 carrier rocket lifted off at 4:07 p.m. (Beijing Time) on March 17 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The mission, dubbed "Auld Lang Syne," delivered the Yunyao-1 55-60, AIRSAT-06 and AIRSAT-07 satellites into a 535-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit. The rocket manufacturer Galactic Energy says its CER

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