China’s commercial Gravity-1 rocket deployed satellites from a mobile sea-based platform. The launch demonstrated a growing private-sector role in space access and the expansion of domestic launch capacity. Commercial participation is occurring within a state-shaped industrial ecosystem, with potential consequences for global satellite services and competition.
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