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Detailed explanation-1: -July 19, 1964. China successfully launches its first biological experiment to the edge of space: a rocket carrying eight white mice.

Detailed explanation-2: -With the help of many assistants, a Chinese official named Wan-Hu assembled a rocket-powered flying chair. The chair was mounted between two wooden stakes. Attached to the chair were two large kites, and fixed to the kites were forty-seven fire-arrow rockets.

Detailed explanation-3: -The mission marks the fifth launch of the Ceres-1 rocket - a small solid fuel orbital rocket designed by the company, Galactic Energy said. So far, it has successfully put 19 commercial satellites into space, setting a record for a private Chinese firm.

Detailed explanation-4: -HELSINKI - China conducted its first two launches of 2023 over the weekend, sending three classified payloads into geosynchronous transfer orbit and five commercial satellites into sun-synchronous orbits. A Long March 7A lifted off from the coastal Wenchang spaceport at 5:00 p.m. Eastern, Jan.