On July 25, 2019, at 05:00 UTC the “SQX-1 (Y1)” (“Hyperbola-1”) rocket-carrier was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, Gansu Province, the northwest of China. The “i-Space” startup company became the first Chinese private firm to achieve orbit with a successful launch of a light-class “Hyperbola-1” rocket. The rocket orbited the “CAS-7B” (Beiligong-1) research satellite and one more satellite.