OrienSpace Gravity-1 Maiden flight

Name: OrienSpace Gravity-1 Maiden flight
Start: 2024-01-11T05:30:00.000Z
Location: Haiyang offshore launch location

Gravity-1

Status

Success

Date

11 JAN 2024

05:30

Launch Provider

Orienspace Technology

Launch Pad

Haiyang offshore launch location

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Mission Overview

First launch of Chinese private company OrienSpace's Gravity-1 launch vehicle from an ocean-going launch platform. Payload is Yunyao-1 18-20, 3 weather satellites performing atmospheric measurements using GNSS Radio Occultation for a Tianjin based company. Constellation is planned to have an eventual 90 satellites.

Rocket

Gravity-1

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Rocket Details

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.

Height

29.4 m

Launch Mass

405 T

Thrust

5,880 kN