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3 satellites

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Haiyang offshore launch location Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Carried 3 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit, including the Earth observation satellite Jilin-1 Wideband-02B-07. Details TBD.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 11, 2025, 3:05 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 11, 2025, 2:22 a.m.

Liftoff.


Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 7, 2025, 2:05 p.m.

Adding launch per NOTAMs; Payload identities uncertain.


Gravity-1

Family:
Configuration: Gravity-1

A 4 stage launch vehicle by Chinese private company OrienSpace, consisting of 5 solid rocket motors clustered together but with the center motor igniting just before boosters separation. The upper two stages also uses solid fuel.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    29.4 m
  • Diameter
  • Fairing Diameter
    4.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    405.0 T
  • Thrust
    5880.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Gravity-1
  • Family
  • Variant
    Gravity-1
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Gravity-1
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    6500.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    4200.0 kg

Orienspace Technology

Orienspace Technology

(OrienSpace)

Founded: 2020 Successes: 2 Failures: 0 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

Galactic Energy is a private aerospace company headquartered in Yantai, Shandong, China, established in 2020. The company is developing the Gravity Series of satellite launch vehicles.

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