Gravity-1 | Maiden flight
Haiyang Spaceport
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Maiden flight
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.
Gravity-1
Height 29.40 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 5880 kN
Diameter 0.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 6500 kg
Liftoff Mass 405 Tonnes
Launch Success 1
Consecutive Success 1
Maiden Flight 2024-01-11
Launch Failures 0
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-11T06:01:21+0000
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-11T05:31:40+0000
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-08T08:30:40+0000
Tweaked launch window per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-08T05:59:23+0000
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-05T13:06:57+0000
NET January 11.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-04T18:04:24+0000
Added tentative launch time based on NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-23T02:56:41+0000
Added launch.
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