Chinese rocket startup puts satellites into orbit for first time

[UserZ]

https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKCN1UK0L7

Would this be the first non-US company?

 

[Gordon_R]

https://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFKCN1UK0L7

Would this be the first non-US company?

New Zealand company, and others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Lab

Rocket Lab is a private American aerospace manufacturer and smallsat launcher with a wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary. It developed a suborbital sounding rocket named Ātea and currently operates a lightweight orbital rocket known as Electron, which provides dedicated launches for smallsats and CubeSats. The company was founded in New Zealand in 2006 by Peter Beck[9] and established headquarters in California in the United States in 2013.

The Electron test program began in May 2017, with commercial flights announced by the company to occur at a price listed in early 2018 as US$5.7 million. Launching from Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, the rocket's test flights took place on 25 May 2017 and 21 January 2018, while its first commercial flight took place on 11 November 2018.

 

[pinball wizard]

Would this be the first non-US company?

The European Space Agency via EADS/Airbus has been lobbing Ariane's up since the late 70's...

On February 16, 2011, the 200th Ariane rocket was launched, successfully carrying the Johannes Kepler ATV into low Earth orbit.