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Gravity-1 | Maiden flight

Orienspace Technology · Gravity-1 · Haiyang offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Orienspace Technology's 1st launch · 1st this year · humanity's 6,598th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--January 11, 2024 · 05:30 UTCAdd to calendar
Success

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

Window: Jan 11, 05:15Jan 11, 07:05 UTC

Flight preview

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.

Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Booster

No booster details available.

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Updates

  • Launch success.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/11/2024 · source

  • Liftoff.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/11/2024 · source

  • Tweaked launch window per NOTAMs.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/8/2024 · source

  • Refined launch window.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/8/2024 · source

  • NET January 11.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/5/2024 · source

  • Added tentative launch time based on NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/4/2024 · source

  • Added launch.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 12/23/2023 · source

Pad — Haiyang offshore launch location

Local pad time: Jan 11, 1:30 PM GMT+8

9 launches from this pad · 25 from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

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