9 satellites

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Yellow Sea (launch location 5) Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Carried 9 satellites on a share-ride to sun-synchronous orbit: * Dongpo 13 & 14 * Dongpo 17 to 20 * Tianyi 49 (Beiyou-4) * Xiguang-2-01 * Zidingxiang-3 (Kaiyun-3)

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • June 4, 2026, 12:29 p.m.

Reverted to NET June TBD with cancellation of NOTAMs.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 16, 2026, 5:14 a.m.

NET July 22 per new NOTAMs; Payload identity still uncertain.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 22, 2026, 3:21 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 3, 2026, 1:06 p.m.

NET July 12 per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.


Cosmic_Penguin • May 29, 2026, 5:41 p.m.

Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly 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: 4 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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Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Yellow Sea (launch location 5)


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