Ceres-2
Galactic Energy
Galactic Energy's larger solid-propellant launch vehicle — three solid stages plus a liquid upper stage — rated at up to 1.6 t to LEO.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 100,000 kg
- Payload capacity
- 1,600 kg
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As published by the supplier
- Configuration
- 3 solid stages + liquid upper stage
- Payload to LEO
- Up to 1,600 kg
- Predecessor
- Ceres-1 (solid, 300 kg to SSO, multiple successful flights)
- Company
- Galactic Energy (星河动力), founded 2018, Beijing, China
- Status
- Development
- Diameter
- 2.35 m / 2.9 m
- Liftoff mass
- 100 t
About
Ceres-2 is Galactic Energy’s next-generation orbital launch vehicle, currently under development in China. Like Ceres-1, Ceres-2 is a solid-propellant rocket — three solid stages topped by a liquid upper stage — scaled up to a 2.35 m / 2.9 m diameter and a 100 t liftoff mass.
Galactic Energy (星河动力, Xinghe Dongli) was founded in 2018 in Beijing and became one of China’s most commercially successful private launch companies with Ceres-1’s repeated successful flights. Ceres-1 achieved a payload capacity of approximately 300 kg to SSO and completed multiple commercial launches for Chinese satellite constellation operators including Spacety and Commsat.
Galactic Energy rates Ceres-2 at up to 1.6 t to LEO, enabling it to compete for larger satellite constellation launch contracts. The company’s liquid-fuelled, reusable vehicle is Pallas-1, rated at up to 7 t to LEO.
Documentation
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