Orienspace TechnologyGravity-1Haiyang offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Maiden flight
Launched
January 11, 2024 · 05:30 UTC
Image: OrienSpace
Summary
Maiden flight launched on an Orienspace Technology Gravity-1 from Haiyang offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport on January 11, 2024 at 05:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:15 to 07:05 UTC. It was Orienspace Technology's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,598th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Gravity-1 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Yunyao-1 18, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 486 × 505 km orbit inclined 50.0°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Gravity-1 · Orienspace Technology
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Gravity-1 flightOrienspace Technology's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,598th orbital launch attempt9th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Yunyao-1 18 · NORAD 58758 · 2024-009 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-009A
- Epoch
- 2024-01-11 10:05:22 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.25789162 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0013677
- Inclination
- 49.9845°
- Ascending node
- 171.0038°
- Arg. of perigee
- 284.1123°
- Mean anomaly
- 160.9421°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 3 still in orbit
- Yunyao-1 18 · NORAD 58758 · in orbit
- Yunyao-1 19 · NORAD 58759 · in orbit
- Yunyao-1 20 · NORAD 58760 · in orbit
YL-1 Y1 Stage 3 · re-entered June 29, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Haiyang offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
3rd launch from Haiyang offshore launch location, 1st this year · 9th from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 11, 1:30 PM GMT+8, in daylight
10 launches from this pad · 28 from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
127 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
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
Questions
When did Maiden flight launch?
Maiden flight launched on January 11, 2024 at 05:30 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:15 to 07:05 UTC.
Where can I watch Maiden flight?
Coverage: 微博直播; 俄大使警告北约：击落俄战机意味着战争 - 环球网 - 哔哩哔哩直播，二次元弹幕直播平台. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Maiden flight?
Gravity-1, flown by Orienspace Technology. Gravity-1 spec sheet
Where did Maiden flight launch from?
Haiyang offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport. Liftoff was Jan 11, 1:30 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Maiden flight reach?
Yunyao-1 18, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 486 × 505 km orbit inclined 50.0°.
How many satellites did Maiden flight launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).