中國首枚民營自研火箭'重慶兩江之星'即將發射

OneSpace Technology, China's first private rocket producer, announced last Tuesday in Chongqing the maiden launch of the company's OS-X0 solid-fuel rocket is set to take place on May 17 in a test field in northwest China.

中國首傢俬人火箭生產商零壹空間技術公司上週二在重慶宣佈，該公司的OS-X0固體燃料火箭將於5月17日在中國西北部的試驗田進行發射。

The company calls it the first flight of a carrier rocket designed and made completely by a private company from China.

該公司稱這是國內首枚民營自主設計製造運載火箭的發射。

The rocket has been transported to the test field and the company is busy preparing for the launch. According to a previous report by China Daily, the test field is in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

目前該火箭已被運送到測試場地，該公司正忙着準備發射前的工作。根據《中國日報》此前的一篇報道，該試驗田位於內蒙古自治區。

The 9-meter-tall OS-X0, called "Chongqing Liangjiang Star," is capable of placing 100-kilogram payloads into an orbit 800 kilometers above Earth.

這一名爲“重慶兩江之星”的火箭的長度爲9米，能夠將100公斤的有效載荷送入距地球800公里的軌道。

The rocket can accelerate a new concept craft it's testing to a hypersonic speed of Mach 13, or 4.4 kilometers per second.

該火箭能夠以一種新的概念飛行器進行加速，測試後的超音速速度達13馬赫，即4.4千米每秒。

Established in 2015 through government endeavors to foster the commercial space sector and encourage participation from private enterprises, OneSpace has become a rising star in the country's space arena.

政府在促進商業太空領域發展方面開展了相關工作，並鼓勵私營企業參與進來，以此，2015年成立的零壹空間公司已經成爲我國太空領域的一顆冉冉升起的新星。

Last May, OneSpace signed an agreement with Chongqing Liangjiang Aviation Industry Investment Group to build its research and manufacturing base in the Southwest China city.

去年5月，零壹空間公司與重慶兩江航空產業投資集團簽署了一份協議，將在中國西南部城市建設自己的研發基地。

Chongqing Liangjiang New Area is the third national development and opening zone in China -- the first in the inland -- approved by the State Council, after Shanghai Pudong New Area and Tianjin Binhai New Area.

重慶兩江新區是繼上海浦東新區和天津濱海新區後，國務院批准的我國第三個國家發展開放區，也是第一個內陸地區開放區。

The Chongqing base will be put into use by the end of this year, with a research center, a smart manufacturing and assembly center, a test center, an aircraft control and simulation center and specialized labs. Its annual output value is expected to reach 1.5 billion yuan, with the capacity to assemble and test 30 carrier rockets.

這一位於重慶的基地將於今年年底投入使用，包括一個研究中心、一個智能製造和組裝中心、一個測試中心、一個飛機控制和仿真中心以及專門的實驗室。其年產值預計將達到15億元，具備組裝和測試30枚運載火箭的能力。