东方空间（山东）科技有限公司
Orienspace, founded in 2020, is a Chinese commercial aerospace company focused on designing and manufacturing launch vehicles and rocket engines. They develop the Gravity series of launch vehicles, including the Gravity-1, the world's most powerful solid-propellant launch vehicle, designed for cost-effective deployment of satellite constellations to low Earth orbit. Orienspace is also developing the Gravity-2, a recoverable medium-lift rocket, and Force Series liquid engines. They aim to provide flexible launch solutions from both ground and sea platforms.
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Orienspace has moved pre-flight work into a dedicated facility to speed up Gravity-1 preparation processes.
Orienspace Co-Founder and Vice President Peng Haomin said the third Gravity-1 launch vehicle will fly no earlier than mid-July.
Orienspace is using a launch vessel shared with a few other users for Gravity-1 operations at the Haiyang Oriental Spaceport in Shandong province.
Gravity-1’s third launch will be Orienspace’s first normal commercial operation mission.
Orienspace is preparing the third Gravity-1 mission for a constellation delivery of thirty 100-kilogram satellites for an unspecified customer.
Orienspace hopes to conduct two more Gravity-1 launches in 2025 if a launch vessel is available.
Orienspace has a backlog of hundreds of satellites for Gravity-1 launches.
Orienspace is targeting a quarterly Gravity-1 launch cadence in the coming years.
Orienspace’s Gravity-1 performed its second flight in October 2024.
Orienspace Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Bu Xiangwei is pushing a safety drive for the company’s launch efforts.
CAS Space’s Kinetica-2, LandSpace’s Zhuque-2E and Zhuque-3, Orienspace’s Gravity-1, and most Long March rockets can meet Qingzhou’s stated launch requirements.
Peng Haoman is a co-founder of Orien Space.
Orien Space’s rocket planned for launch in mid-July 2026 will be named "Xingliantihao".
Orien Space’s Gravity-1 Y3 rocket is planned to launch in mid-July 2026.
OrienSpace’s Gravity-1 can lift up to 6,500 kilograms.
Peng Haomin, Vice President of Orienspace, advocated optimization of launch approval processes by authorities to enable high-frequency flight cadence for deploying planned mega-constellations.
Orienspace experienced an almost two-year gap between flights due to internal struggles and a transition to simultaneous flight preparations.
On February 17, late pre-flight preparations were underway at Haiyang Oriental Spaceport to move Orienspace’s Gravity-1 solid-fuelled rocket toward launch.
Orienspace promoted a 'one-rocket thirty-satellite' flight concept with each satellite suggested to weigh 100 kilograms.
Wang Wuqin, Deputy Director of Haiyang Launch Vehicle Assembly and Testing at Orienspace, has been informed of a single-customer multi-satellite flight and referenced cost advantages to customers of launching entire constellation spacecraft groups.