January 11, 2024 at 5:30 AM UTC
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
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January 11, 2024 at 5:30 AM UTC
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Haiyang offshore launch location
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport · 36.6313, 121.1984
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.
Mission media
Gravity-1
Height
29.4 m
Diameter
—
LEO capacity
6,500 kg
Successful launches
3
Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Chinese orbital launch vehicle launches supporting sea port located at Haiyang, Shandong Province, with dedicated piers and rocket/payload processing facilities for Chinese launch vehicles’ sea launches, and (as part of its expansion project) land based launch pads on artificial islands for various test vehicles and launch vehicles of private and government launch services providers. In operation as a remote base of Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center since 2019.
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Added tentative launch time based on NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.