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 previously raised $59,900,000 in a funding round in May 2022.
Orienspace signed a contract with Changguang Satellite Technology Co. Ltd. on 2023-04-17 for the launch of multiple Jilin-1 Gaofen-05 series spacecraft.
Orienspace signed a strategic cooperation agreement on 2023-04-22 with Aerospace Hongtu, a unit of Piesat Information Technology Co. Ltd.
Orienspace raised $47,000,000 in funding in January 2023.
Expace, Landspace, iSpace, Galactic Energy, Space Pioneer, Deep Blue Aerospace, Orienspace, and Rocket Pi are all seeking to reach orbit 2023 or next.
Orienspace aimed to conduct up to 10 Gravity-1 flights across 2024–2025 while developing additional launchers.
Orienspace stated that Gravity-1 will have a payload capacity to LEO of 6.5 metric tons, making it the world’s largest all-solid launch vehicle by payload.
Orienspace aimed to conduct its first launch with the Gravity-1 solid rocket in the second half of 2023 using a mobile sea platform.
Orienspace could launch its Gravity-1 solid rocket in 2023.
Orienspace is aiming to launch its Gravity-1 solid rocket in mid-2023.
Orienspace was founded in late 2020 and raised $47,000,000 in pre-A funding and $59,900,000 in A-series funding 2022.
HikeCapital led Orienspace’s $59,900,000 Series A funding round.
Orienspace raised $59,900,000 in a Series A funding round.
Orienspace plans a test flight of the Gravity-1 medium-lift launch vehicle in mid 2023.
Orienspace announced in January that it had secured a further $47,000,000.
Orienspace emerged in 2020 and has raised around $110,000,000.