Gravity-1 Launch Vehicle
Orienspace (Orient Space)
World-record solid-fueled heavy launcher with bundled stage design, supporting sea and land launches.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Payload capacity
- 6,000 kg
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Target orbit
- SSO / LEO
- Payload to 500 km SSO
- ~6,000 kg
- First stage
- 4× solid motor (bundled)
- Upper stage
- Liquid-fueled
- Launch mode
- Sea launch / Land launch
- Maiden flight
- January 2024
About
Gravity-1 (引力一号) is Orienspace’s flagship commercial launch vehicle — the world’s largest solid-propellant orbital rocket by liftoff mass. It features an innovative bundled first-stage configuration with four clustered solid rocket motors, followed by a liquid-fueled upper stage for precise orbit insertion.
The vehicle’s first sea launch in January 2024 successfully delivered multiple commercial satellites to sun-synchronous orbit, validating both the bundled staging concept and Orienspace’s sea-launch infrastructure. Sea-launch capability provides flexibility in launch azimuth and coverage, critical for SSO and polar orbit missions.
Gravity-1 is optimized for batch constellation deployment, supporting China’s growing commercial satellite manufacturing base with competitive per-kilogram pricing and flexible scheduling.
Documentation
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