Success
Maiden flight
Earth Science
Orienspace Technology(OrienSpace)Commercial
Gravity-1
LEOorbit
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.
Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,598
OrienSpace Mission
#1
Pad Launch
#3
Location Launch
#9
Designator
2024-009
Launch Window
NET
Jan 11, 2024, 5:30 AM
Precision
Minute
Schedule Changes
1 update
Social Flight Log
- Jan 11, 2024, 6:01 AM
Launch success.
Source - Jan 11, 2024, 5:31 AM
Liftoff.
Source - Jan 8, 2024, 8:30 AM
Tweaked launch window per NOTAMs.
Source - Jan 8, 2024, 5:59 AM
Refined launch window.
Source - Jan 5, 2024, 1:06 PM
NET January 11.
Source - Jan 4, 2024, 6:04 PM
Added tentative launch time based on NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
Source - Dec 23, 2023, 2:56 AM
Added launch.
Source
Links
Gravity-1 Specs
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.
Length
29.4 m
Launch Mass
405 t
Thrust
5,880 kN
LEO Capacity
6,500 kg
SSO Capacity
4,200 kg
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2024
Fastest Turnaround
1y 9mo
Total Launches
2
Successful
2
Failed
0
Consecutive Success
2
Maiden flight: Jan 11, 2024
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Chinese orbital launch vehicle launches supporting sea port located at Haiyang, Shandong Province, with dedicated piers and rocket/payload processing facilities for Chinese launch vehicles’ sea launches, and (as part of its expansion project) land based launch pads on artificial islands for various test vehicles and launch vehicles of private and government launch services providers. In operation as a remote base of Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center since 2019.
Timezone
Asia/Shanghai
Local Launch Time
Jan 11, 2024, 1:30 PM
Total Launches
25
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
36.6768, 121.2351