Space Launch Now - Gravity-1

Gravity-1

In-active

Orienspace Technology (OrienSpace)

Jan. 11, 2024

Description

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.

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

Commercial

None

OrienSpace 2020

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.

Previous Flights

flew on one previous launch(es).

Gravity-1 | 3 satellites

Orienspace Technology | China
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Oct. 11, 2025, 2:20 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

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

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Explore Share

Recent Launches

Falcon 9

1 day, 10 hours ago

Starlink Group 17-35

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

1 day, 21 hours ago

Starlink Group 10-58

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Soyuz-5

TBC

1 day, 22 hours ago

Demo Flight

45/1 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Demonstration Flight for Russia's new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle, with a mass simulator on board. Details TBD.

Space Launch System (SLS)

2 days, 11 hours ago

Artemis II

Launch Complex 39B - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Artemis II is the first crewed mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis II will send a crew of 4 - 3 Americans and 1 Canadian around the moon …

Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M

3 days, 7 hours ago

Meridian-M No.21L

43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Note: Payload identity uncertain. Meridian is a series of communications satellite for military and civilian use.