北京箭元科技有限责任公司
Space Epoch, also known as Beijing Jianyuan Technology Co Ltd, is a Chinese space launch company founded in 2019 and based in Beijing. It is developing a reusable, stainless-steel rocket named XZY-1 or Yuanxingzhe-1, powered by liquid oxygen-methane engines, with the intention of ocean splashdown recovery. Space Epoch is also collaborating with Alibaba's Taobao to explore using reusable rockets for rapid parcel delivery and aims to contribute to China's national space infrastructure, targeting markets like space tourism and deep space exploration.
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On February 12, Space Epoch completed a Series B funding round of an undisclosed amount with investors identified as leading market-oriented institutions.
Space Epoch held a ground-breaking ceremony for its Hangzhou manufacturing and refurbishment facility on January 7.
Space Epoch's new funding will be used to scale its Beijing research and development center, its under-construction Hangzhou vehicle manufacturing and refurbishment facility, and its Shandong reusable technology test site supporting a Yuanxingzhe-1 hop in May 2025.
Space Epoch has secured Series B funding and aims for the debut flight of its reusable YXZ-1 (Hiker-1) rocket later this year.
In January 2026, Space Epoch began construction on a 5.2 billion yuan 'super plant' in Hangzhou engineered to produce up to 25 medium-to-large liquid-fueled rockets annually.
The Space Epoch Hangzhou facility will use a stainless steel plus liquid oxygen-methane rocket configuration designed for up to 20 reuses.
Space Epoch used to test at JZYJ.
Bengbu-based Space Epoch is planning a ¥5.2 billion factory to build 25 launchers per year in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
Space Epoch's YXZ is planned to launch in Q4 2026.
Space Epoch’s XZY-1 uses methalox propellant, is constructed from stainless steel, has a payload capacity of 7,000 kg to 1,100 km, and has a first flight planned in 2025.
Space Epoch’s flagship project is the 64-meter-tall XZY-1 rocket designed to launch 6,500 kg to a 1,100-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
Space Epoch partnered with Alibaba to explore using reusable rockets for point-to-point parcel delivery.
Senior officials from Beijing Jianyuan Technology Co., Ltd. (Space Epoch) and Shifang Xinglian (Suzhou) Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing on 2024-05-23.
Space Epoch tested 3.0- and 4.0-meter-diameter propellant tanks and conducted engine tests using methane-liquid oxygen engines supplied by Jiuzhou Yunjian.
Space Epoch is developing the XZY-1 methalox launcher with a payload capacity of 7,000 kg to 1,100 km, a stainless-steel structure, and a first flight in 2025.
Space Epoch conducted hot fire tests earlier in 2023 on a development test article using a 4.2-meter-diameter stainless steel propellant tank and methalox engines developed by Jiuzhou Yunjian.
Space Epoch plans to develop a 64-meter-tall stainless steel launcher capable of lifting 6,500 kg to a 1,100-kilometer-altitude sun-synchronous orbit.
Space Epoch plans to use XZH-1 D2 for a first suborbital sea splashdown recovery test during 2023.