Gravity-1, launch vehicle, Orienspace Technology (Shandong) Co., Ltd, Yantai, Shandong, China

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Gravity-1 on Wikipedia

 

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Gravity-1 first launch

Jan 11, 2024

The first launch of the Gravity-1 launch vehicle took place from a sea-based platform off the coast of Haiyang, Shandong Province, China, on 11 January 2024, at 05:30 UTC (13:30 local time). Gravity-1 (引力-1号, Yinli-1, YL-1) is a large solid-fuelled orbital launch vehicle, designed by OrienSpace (东方空间, Oriental Space) to launch payloads of up to 6.5 tons to low-Earth orbit (LEO), up to 4.2 tons to a 500km Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) or up to 3.7 tons to a 700km SSO.
Gravity-1 successfully launched three Yunyao-1 (云遥一号) satellites.

 

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Gravity-1 rocket explained

Jan 12, 2024

The Gravity-1 rocket (引力-1号, Yinli-1, YL-1) is a large solid-fuelled orbital launch vehicle, designed by OrienSpace (东方空间, Oriental Space) to launch payloads of up to 6.5 tons to low-Earth orbit (LEO), up to 4.2 tons to a 500km Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) or up to 3.7 tons to a 700km SSO.

 

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Article "The Chinese private company Orienspace carried out the first launch of the Gravity-1 rocket from an offshore platform"

by Oleg Danylov
January 1, 2024

 

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Gravity-1 launches 3 satellites

Oct 11, 2025

The second Gravity-1 launch vehicle (引力一号遥二) launched 3 satellites, Jilin-1 Wide 02B07 (Jiangsu Geology/江苏地质号, “Jixing” Kuanfu 02B07/“吉星”宽幅02B07星), ShuTianYun 01 and ShuTianYun 02 experimental satellites (数天宇星01和02试验星), from a sea-based platform off the coast of Haiyang, Shandong Province, China, on 11 October 2025, at 02:20 UTC (10:20 local time). Gravity-1 (引力-1号, Yinli-1, YL-1) is a large solid-fuelled orbital launch vehicle, designed by OrienSpace (东方空间, Oriental Space) to launch payloads of up to 6.5 tons to low-Earth orbit (LEO), up to 4.2 tons to a 500km Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) or up to 3.7 tons to a 700km SSO.