OrienSpace

🏢 Overview & Founding

• Full name: Orienspace Technology (Shandong) Co., Ltd. 
• Established: 9 June 2020  
• Headquarters & organization:
    – Based in Yantai, Shandong province, China  
    – They maintain R&D, test, and manufacturing facilities in other locales — e.g. a propulsion / engine technology hub in Wuxi, a Beijing office / simulation & digital systems presence.  
• Core focus: design, manufacture, and operation of rockets (the “Gravity” series) and associated propulsion systems (“Force / Yuanli / 原力” series) and supporting aerospace technologies.  
  

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🚀 Major Achievements

1. Gravity-1 (引力-1) maiden launch
    - On 11 January 2024, Orienspace launched Gravity-1 from a sea barge off Haiyang, Shandong (Yellow Sea).  
    - The flight placed three Yunyao-1 meteorological satellites into low earth orbit (LEO). 
    - With that mission, Gravity-1 claimed status as the most powerful solid-fuel commercial rocket globally, and the most powerful commercial launch vehicle in China at its time.  
    - Specs: able to carry ~ 6.5 tons to LEO (or ~4.2 tons to SSO).  
    - Notably, the rocket architecture uses multiple solid rocket motors (side-boosters + core) and a relatively fast turnaround capability (5-hour turnaround from final manufacturing to launch) is claimed.  
2. Second Gravity-1 launch (Y2)
    - Orienspace successfully conducted a Gravity-1 Y2 launch on 11 October 2025 from the same sea platform near Haiyang, deploying multiple satellites (including Jilin-1 wideband, Shutianyuxing-01/-02 etc.).  
    - This confirms that Orienspace has moved from initial demonstration toward operational launch cadence.  
3. Financing & growth
    - By October 2023, Orienspace had raised multiple financing rounds, exceeding USD 150 million aggregate.  
    - In January 2024, Orienspace secured ~ 600 million yuan in funding to support rocket development efforts.  
    - A reported Series B (or B+) round raised ~ USD 83.5 million aiming to accelerate development of the next-generation rocket.  
4. Technology & infrastructure
    - They are developing their own liquid-fuel rocket engines (the “Force / Yuanli / 原力” family) to enable partially reusable or hybrid rockets.  
    - They are also building supporting infrastructure: rocket integration, test facilities, simulation platforms (digital twin / hardware-in-loop).  
    - One such tool is the ODS (OrienDigiSpace / 东方数字空间) — a digital simulation and modeling platform spanning the design, test, simulation, and verification of aerospace systems.  
   

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🔮 Future Plans & Roadmap

• Gravity-2 (引力-2)
   - Orienspace is developing Gravity-2, a larger, partially recoverable / hybrid rocket (liquid core + solid boosters).  
   - Its design performance projections are ~ 25.6 tons to LEO, ~19.1 tons to 500 km SSO, ~7.7 tons to GTO.  
   - The rocket is expected to stand ~ 60 meters tall, with a liquid-core stage powered by nine “Yuanli-85” engines.  
   - First launch target is 2025 (or possibly 2026).  
• Gravity-3 (引力-3)
   - A further-scaling vehicle, likely combining multiple Gravity-2 core stages or multiple strap-ons, to support heavier payloads and mission profiles (e.g. deep-space, large satellite constellations).  
   - Payload targets are in the ~30 ton LEO class, with ambitions for reusability and supporting large-scale constellation deployment.  
   - Estimated first flight timeline is mid-to-late decade (by ~2027 or later, depending on progress) according to Chinese sources.  
• Business & strategic expansion
   - Orienspace is positioning itself not purely as a launch services provider, but also a broader aerospace systems integrator, servicing satellite operators, infrastructure, and instrument providers.  
   - They aim to serve diverse “launch scenarios” (sea, land, rapid response) and deliver cost-efficient, flexible launch options.  
   - With increasing launch cadence and reputation, they may compete strongly in the Chinese commercial launch market arena (alongside LandSpace, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Deep Blue, etc.).  
   - They will continue to invest in their digital / simulation platforms (e.g. ODS) to support faster design, testing, and verification cycles. 

Rideshare missions by Orienspace

Rideshare Mission	Launch date	Launch vehicle	Spacecraft launched	Orbit
Gravity-1 Y4 / Various payloads	22 July 2026	Gravity-1	9	SSO
Gravity-1 Y2 / Jilin-1 Kuanfy-02 & Shutian Yuxing 01-02	11 October 2025	Gravity-1	3	Polar
Gravity-1 Y1 / Yunyao-1 18 – 20	11 January 2024	Gravity-1	3	LEO