Chinese startup plans first orbital launch attempt this week

A Chinese startup named OneSpace could test its first full-scale launcher as soon as Wednesday in a bid to become China’s first privately-funded rocket company to place a satellite in orbit around the Earth. OneSpace’s OS-M rocket will lift off from the Jiuquan space center in the Gobi Desert, a barren expanse in northwest China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The exact timing of the launch has not been disclosed by OneSpace or Chinese state media agencies, but tweets published by OneSpace officials suggest the flight is scheduled for some time Wednesday. More

(Source: SpaceFlight Now - Mar 27)