Orienspace Technology (Shandong) Co., Ltd


Trade name	Orienspace
Native name	东方空间（山东）科技有限公司
Company type	Private
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	June 9, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-06-09)
Headquarters	Yantai, Shandong , China
Website	www.orienspace.com

Orienspace Technology (Shandong) Co., Ltd (Orienspace for short) is a commercial aerospace enterprise in China founded in 2020. The company designs and manufactures Gravity Series launch vehicles and Force Series rocket engines.

Background

Orienspace is headquartered in Shandong Province, where an assembly, integration and test center is being built for future activities.^[1]

The company also established an R&D center in Beijing Office and a headquarters of aerospace propulsion technology in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.^[2]

As of October 2023, Orienspace has raised four rounds of financing, totaling over 150 million USD.^[3]

In January 2024, Orienspace Secures 600 Million Yuan Funding for Rocket Development Amid Soaring Demand in China^[4]

Product lineup

Gravity-1 is a solid-propellant medium-lift launch vehicle that can carry a payload of up to 6.5 tons to LEO or 4.2 tons to SSO, enabling the deployment of large-scale satellite constellations. Its maiden flight was conducted on 11 January 2024, breaking records as both the world's largest solid-fuel carrier rocket and China's most powerful commercial launch vehicle to date.^[5]

Gravity-2, a partially recoverable heavy-lift launch vehicle, is expected to debut in 2025. It will be a 60-meter-tall heavy-lift rocket with a core stage and solid boosters. The core stage will be powered by nine Yuanli-85 engines, which are gas generator kerosene engines with a thrust of 100 tons each. The Gravity-2 will be able to deliver 25.6 tons of payload to LEO, 19.1 tons to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), or 7.7 tons to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).^[5] It will also be partially recoverable and support missions to higher orbits such as MEO and LTO.

Gravity-3 is a planned variant of the Gravity-2 that will use three Gravity-2 core stages. It will have a payload capacity of 30.6 tons to LEO, 20.5 tons to SSO, 9.6 tons to GTO, and 8 tons to LTO.^[5] It will enable large-scale satellite constellation deployment and lunar exploration.

List of launches

Serial number	Flight number	Date (UTC)	Launch site	Payload	Orbit	Outcome
1	Gravity-1 Y1	11 January 2024 05:30 UTC	Special converted barge (Dong Fang Hang Tian Gang) Offshore waters of Haiyang Port	Yunyao-1 18-20 weather satellites	LEO (50° inclination, 500km circular)	Success^[5]

References

External links

Chinese space facilities and organizations

Centers

Space cities	Dongfeng space city Beijing space city Wenchang space city Shanghai space city Yantai space city Guizhou Aerospace Industrial Park
Monitoring and control centers	Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center Xi'an Satellite Monitor and Control Center Chinese Deep Space Network Yuanwang-class space tracking ships China Domestic Tracking Stations China Overseas Tracking Stations

Launch sites

Suborbital launch sites	Nanhui Launch Site Base 603
Orbital launch sites	Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Xichang Satellite Launch Center Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site

Crewed spacecraft
landing site

Siziwang Banner

Associated
organizations

Universities and institutes	CAS Key Laboratory of high-temperature gas dynamics China Aerodynamics Research & Development Center Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics School of Aeronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Zhejiang University China's Space Medical Institute
Ministries and agencies	China Ministry of Aerospace Industry China National Space Administration China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology Fifth Institute under the National Defense Ministry China Aerospace Corporation Academy of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion Technology Academy of Aerospace Solid Propulsion Technology People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force
Private companies	Deep Blue Aerospace Galactic Energy i-Space LandSpace LinkSpace OneSpace Orienspace Space Pioneer

Orbital launch systems

Orbital launch systems
List of orbital launch systems Comparison of orbital launch systems
Current	Angara 1.2 A5 Atlas V Ceres 1 1S Chollima-1 Delta IV Heavy Electron Epsilon Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy Firefly Alpha Gravity-1 GSLV H-IIA H3^† Hyperbola-1 Jielong 1 3 Kaituozhe 2 Kinetica-1 Kuaizhou 1 1A 11 Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B/E 3C 4B 4C 5 5B 6 6A 7 7A 8 11 11H LVM3 Minotaur I IV V C Nuri OS-M1^† Pegasus XL Proton-M PSLV Qaem 100 Qased RS1^† Shavit 2 Simorgh SLS Block 1 Soyuz-2 2.1a / STA 2.1b / STB 2-1v SSLV Starship^† Tianlong-2 Unha Vega original C Vulcan Centaur Zenit 3SL 3SLB 3F Zhuque 2
In development	Antares 330 Ariane 6 Bloostar Cyclone-4M Eris Gravity-2 Hyperbola-2 Irtysh Kuaizhou 21 31 Long March 9 10 Miura 5 MLV Neutron New Glenn New Line 1 OS-M 2 4 Orbex Prime Pallas-1 Red Dwarf SLS Block 1B Block 2 Soyuz-7 Terran R VLM Vega E Zero Zhuque 3 Zuljanah
Retired	Antares 110 120 130^† 230 230+ Ariane 1 2 3 4 5 ASLV Athena I II Atlas B D E/F G H I II III LV-3B SLV-3 Able^† Agena Centaur Black Arrow Conestoga^† Delta A B C D E G J L M N 0100 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 II III IV Diamant Dnepr Energia Europa I^† II^† Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 "Full Thrust" Feng Bao 1 GSLV Mk I H-I H-II H-IIB Juno I Juno II Kaituozhe-1 Kosmos original 1 2/2I 3 3M Lambda 4S LauncherOne Long March 1 1D^† 2A 2E 3 3B 4A Mu 4S 3C 3H 3S 3SII V N1^† N-I N-II Naro-1 Paektusan^† Pilot-2^† R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz original FG L M U U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna^† Rocket 3 Safir 1 1A 1B Saturn I IB V Scout X-1 Blue Scout II^† X-2^† X-2M X-3 X-3M X-4 X-2B^† B A B-1 D-1 A-1 E-1 F-1 G-1 Shavit original 1 SLV Space Shuttle SPARK^† Sparta SS-520 Start-1 Terran 1^† Thor Able Ablestar 1 2 Agena A B D Burner 1 2 Delta DSV-2U Thorad-Agena SLV-2G SLV-2H Titan II GLV IIIA IIIB IIIC IIID IIIE 34D 23G CT-3 IV Tsyklon R-36-O original 2 3 Universal Rocket UR-500 Proton Proton-K Rokot Strela Vanguard VLS-1^† Zenit 2 2M 2FG Zhuque 1^†
Classes	Sounding rocket Small-lift launch vehicle Medium-lift launch vehicle Heavy-lift launch vehicle Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
This Template lists historical, current, and future space rockets that at least once attempted (but not necessarily succeeded in) an orbital launch or that are planned to attempt such a launch in the future Symbol ^† indicates past or current rockets that attempted orbital launches but never succeeded (never did or has yet to perform a successful orbital launch)

Chinese launch systems

Sounding rockets

T-7
OS-XO

Orbital launch vehicles

Active	Ceres 1 1S Gravity-1 Hyperbola-1 Jielong 1 3 Kaituozhe 2 Kuaizhou 1 1A 11 Kinetica-1 Long March CZ-2C 2D 2F 3A 3B/E 3C 4B 4C 5 5B 6 6A 6C 7 7A 8 11 11H OS-M1 Tianlong-2 Zhuque 2
In development	Gravity-2 Hyperbola-2 Kuaizhou 21 31 Long March 9 10 Naga-L New Line 1 OS-M2 OS-M4 Pallas 1 2 Nebula 1 Zhuque 3
Retired	Feng Bao 1 Kaituozhe-1 Long March CZ-1 1D 2A 2E 3 3B 4A Zhuque 1

Background

Product lineup

List of launches

See also

References

External links