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| Orienspace | |
Native name | 东方空间（山东）科技有限公司 |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 9 June 2020; 5 years ago (2020-06-09) |
| Headquarters | , China |
| Website | www |
Orienspace Technology (Shandong)Co., Ltd (Orienspace for short) is a commercial aerospace enterprise in China founded in 2020. The company designs and manufactures Gravity Series launch vehicles and Force Series rocket engines.
Orienspace is headquartered in Shandong Province, where an assembly, integration and test center is being built for future activities.[1]
The company also established anR&D center in Beijing Office and a headquarters of aerospace propulsion technology in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.[2]
As of October 2023, Orienspace has raised four rounds of financing, totaling over 150 million USD.[3]
In January 2024, Orienspace secures 600 million yuan of funding for rocket development amid soaring demand in China.[4]
Gravity-1 is asolid-propellantmedium-lift launch vehicle that can carry a payload of up to 6.5 tons toLEO or 4.2 tons toSSO, enabling the deployment of large-scalesatellite constellations. Its maiden flight was conducted on 11 January 2024, breaking records as both the world's largest solid-fuel carrier rocket and China's most powerful commercial launch vehicle to date.[5]
Gravity-2, apartially recoverableheavy-lift launch vehicle, is expected to debut in 2025. It will be a 60-meter-tall heavy-lift rocket with a liquid-fuel core stage and solid boosters. The core stage will be powered by nineYuanli-85 engines, which aregas-generator cycle kerosene engines with a thrust of 100 tons each. Gravity-2 will be able to deliver 25.6 tons of payload toLEO, 19.1 tons to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), or 7.7 tons togeostationary transfer orbit (GTO).[5] It will also be partially recoverable and support missions to higher orbits such asMEO andLTO.
Gravity-3 is a planned variant of Gravity-2 that will use three Gravity-2 core stages. It will have a payload capacity of 30.6 tons to LEO, 20.5 tons to SSO, 9.6 tons to GTO, and 8 tons to LTO.[5] It will enable large-scale satellite constellation deployment and lunar exploration.
| Serial number | Launch Vehicle | Flight number | Date (UTC) | Launch site | Payload | Orbit | Outcome |
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| 1 | Gravity-1 | Y1 | 11 January 2024 05:30 UTC | Special converted barge (Dong Fang Hang Tian Gang) Offshore waters ofHaiyang Port | Yunyao-1 18-20 weather satellites | LEO (50° inclination, 500km circular) | Success[5] |
| 2 | Gravity-1 | Y2 | 11 October 2025 02:20 UTC[6] | Special converted barge (Dong Fang Hang Tian Gang) Offshore waters ofHaiyang Port | Jilin-1 wideband 02B07 satellite[6] ("吉星” 宽幅 02B07 星), Tianyuxing 01 and 02 test satellites | LEO (539km circular) | Success |
