China's New Gravity-1 Rocket Launches Satellites from Sea

A private aerospace enterprise in China successfully launched the most powerful solid-fuel rocket from a ship. The Gravity-1 was blasted from a ship off the eastern coast of Shandong province. The rocket has a thrust of 600 tonnes and can lift 6,500kg of cargo into near earth orbit. That's nearly twice as much weight as the European Space Agency's Vega-C, the previous record holder. Gravity-1's launch being from a mobile sea platform increases the number of potential launch sites. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/ODNsubs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ondemandnews Twitter: https://twitter.com/ODN Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ODN/ If you wish to purchase any of our clips for commercial use, please visit: http://www.itnproductions.co.uk/news/