Earth Science
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.
Orbital Attempt
#6,598
OrienSpace Mission
#1
Pad Launch
#3
Location Launch
#9
Designator
2024-009
Jan 11, 2024, 5:30 AM
Minute
1 update
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
26
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
36.6768, 121.2351
