SpaceSail Polar Group #16

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Overview

Destination: Polar Orbit
Mission: Communications

Polar Orbit Yellow Sea (launch location 5) Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 15, 2026, 10:41 p.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 9, 2026, 12:14 p.m.

Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.


Gravity-1

Family:
Configuration: Gravity-1

A 4 stage launch vehicle by Chinese private company OrienSpace, consisting of 5 solid rocket motors clustered together but with the center motor igniting just before boosters separation. The upper two stages also uses solid fuel.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    29.4 m
  • Diameter
    ―
  • Fairing Diameter
    4.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    405.0 T
  • Thrust
    5880.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Gravity-1
  • Family
    ―
  • Variant
    Gravity-1
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Gravity-1
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    ―
  • Low Earth Orbit
    6500.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    ―
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    4200.0 kg

Orienspace Technology

Orienspace Technology

(OrienSpace)

Founded: 2020 Successes: 4 Failures: 0 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

Galactic Energy is a private aerospace company headquartered in Yantai, Shandong, China, established in 2020. The company is developing the Gravity Series of satellite launch vehicles.

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