HELSINKI — Chinese commercial launch company Galactic Energy successfully sent eight satellites into orbit early Monday with its light-lift Ceres-1 rocket. The Ceres-1 solid rocket lifted off at 4:07 a.m. Eastern (0807) March 17 from a transport erector launcher at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China. Galactic Energy confirmed launch success within an hour of liftoff, stating that eight satellites had been sent into 535-kilometer-altitude sun-synchronous orbits (SSO). The payloads consisted of six Yunyao-1 (55-60) satellites, each equipped with GNSS occultation payloads. The satellites are for commercial firm Tianjin Yunyao Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd, and dedicated to obtaining information including...