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Gravity-1 | SpaceSail Polar Group #16

Orienspace Technology · Gravity-1

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch window 21:50–22:11 UTC.

The mission

9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.

Vehicle and site

Rocket

Gravity-1

Mission

SpaceSail Polar Group #16

Mission type

Communications

Pad

Yellow Sea (launch location 5)

Location

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Coordinates

31.2000°, 123.7000°

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.

Orienspace Technology

Galactic Energy is a private aerospace company headquartered in Yantai, Shandong, China, established in 2020. The company is developing the Gravity Series of satellite launch vehicles.

Launches to date

4

Successful

4

Failed

0

Consecutive successes

4

Schedule from Launch Library 2, rebuilt hourly. Dates slip: a time given to the minute is a target, not a promise, and this page reflects the schedule as it stood at the last build. All upcoming launches.