Orienspace Technology (Shandong) Co., Ltd is a commercial aerospace enterprise in China founded in 2020. The company designs and manufactures Gravity series launch vehicles. Through the research and development of the Gravity"series of launch vehicles, OrienSpace has created a series of diversified aerospace transportation products such as single-use, recyclable and reusable, and manned flight, and quickly formed a low-cost, large-scale, efficient and fast launch service capabilities, covering various types of orbits such as LEO, SSO, GTO and GEO. Gravity-1 made its maiden flight in January 2024, and it is able to carry 6.5-ton-payload to the LEO, allowing for deploying large-scale satellite constellations. Gravity-1 is positioned to meet the needs of large-scale networking of small and medium-sized satellites in low orbit. It is characterized by large space/simple launch/quick response. It is the world's first all-solid bundled medium-sized launch vehicle. Gravity-1 adopts a three-stage and a half configuration of core stage + boost, equipped with 4 boosters. The core stage and boost stage both use solid engines and flexible swing nozzles. The third core stage can also use liquid oxygen kerosene. engine to further enhance the carrying capacity.
Gravity-1
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Name: | Gravity-1 (Yinli-1 / YL-1) |
| Manufacturer: | OrienSpace | |
| Height: | 29,4 m / 96 ft | |
| Fairing diameter: | 4,2 m / 13,7 ft | |
| Mass: | 405 ton | |
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| Stages: | 4 (4 x solid fuel) | |
| Thrust: | 5,880 kN | |
| Cost per launch: | Unknown | |
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| First launch: | January 11, 2024 | |
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Gravity-1 launch statistics
Images: OrienSpace
