Dave5

A new Chinese rocket just blasted its way into the record books.

The Gravity-1 vehicle, built by Chinese company Orienspace, lifted off for the first time ever Thursday (Jan. 11). The squat, burly rocket rose off the deck of a ship stationed in the Yellow Sea at 12:30 a.m. EST (0530 GMT), sending two big plumes of exhaust, and some impressively large pieces of debris, into a blue sky.

https://www.space.com/china-orienspace-gravity-1-rocket-launch-success-video