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Hyperbola-1

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i-Space (i-Space)

July 25, 2019

Description

i-Space's first orbital rocket.

Specifications

Stages
4
Length
38.0 m
Diameter
2.5 m
Fairing Diameter
―
Launch Mass
―
Thrust
―

Family

Name
Hyperbola-1
Family
―
Variant
1
Alias
―
Full Name
Hyperbola-1

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
300.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
―

i-Space

Commercial

None

i-Space 2016

i-Space is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing and founded in October 2016.

Previous Flights

flew on eight previous launch(es).

Hyperbola-1 | Kunpeng-03

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 29, 2025, 4:11 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Commercial Earth observation satellite in SSO with sub-meter resolution capability.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Hyperbola-1 | Yunyao-1 15-17

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 10, 2024, 11:40 p.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

3 weather satellites performing atmospheric measurements using GNSS Radio Occultation for a Tianjin based company. Constellation is planned to have an eventual 90 satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Hyperbola-1 | DEAR-1

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 17, 2023, 7 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Prototype recoverable experiment spacecraft by Chinese firm AZSPACE.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Hyperbola-1 | Dummy Payload

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 7, 2023, 4 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

Test launch of Hyperbola-1 to test reliability after 3 successive failures in 2021-22.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Hyperbola-1 | Jilin-1 Mofang-01A(R)

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 13, 2022, 7:09 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

New generation experimental Earth imaging satellite for the Jilin-1 constellation. NOTE: Payload identity unconfirmed.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Hyperbola-1 | Jilin-1 Mofang-01A (?)

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 3, 2021, 7:39 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Mission:

New generation experimental Earth imaging satellite for the Jilin-1 constellation. NOTE: Payload identity unconfirmed.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Hyperbola-1 | Unknown

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Feb. 1, 2021, 8:15 a.m.

Status: Launch Failure

Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.

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Hyperbola-1 | Maiden Flight

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 25, 2019, 5 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

This is the first flight of a small solid fuel rocket designed by iSpace, also known as Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Ltd. It will carry several payloads for commercial customers to LEO.

Low Earth Orbit

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