BEIJING (Reuters) -A launch mission for a Ceres-1 rocket by Chinese commercial space company Galactic Energy failed on Monday，preventing the payload from entering orbit, the company said in a statement.
The rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 12:02 p.m. local time (0402 GMT) but suffered a shutdown during its fourth-stage flight, Galactic Energy said.
The specific cause of the failure is being further investigated, it added.
(Reporting by Ethan Wang and Eduardo Baptista; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
