星河动力（北京）空间科技有限公司
Galactic Energy (Beijing Xinghe Dongli Space Technology Co. Ltd.) is a Chinese private space launch company established in 2018. It focuses on developing and launching low-cost, high-frequency launch vehicles, including the Ceres-1 solid propellant rocket and the Pallas-1 liquid-fueled rocket, to meet the growing demand for commercial satellite deployments. Galactic Energy aims to provide launch services for narrow-band Internet of Things network construction and constellation supplement. The company has secured funding from domestic and international sources to support its launch vehicle development.
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CAS Space, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace all reached orbit in 2023.
Commercial Chinese launch companies Landspace, Space Pioneer, Galactic Energy, iSpace, and Expace have all reached orbit 2023.
China suffered one launch failure in 2023 with the loss of a Jilin-1 remote sensing satellite aboard a commercial Ceres-1 rocket operated by Galactic Energy.
InterSpace Explore planned to launch its Zengzhang-1 demonstration returnable satellite on a Galactic Energy Ceres-1 solid rocket in 2023.
CAS Space, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace reached orbit in 2023.
Galactic Energy lost a Ceres-1 rocket and its payload on the 2023-09-21 launch.
Galactic Energy conducted four missions between 2023-07-22 and 2023-09-05, including a first launch from a mobile sea platform off the coast of Shandong province.
Galactic Energy raised $200,000,000 for reusable launch vehicle development in early 2022.
The group of Chinese commercial launch firms had launched 11 times in 2023, surpassing the total of 10 missions conducted by Expace, CAS Space, China Rocket, Galactic Energy, and iSpace in 2022.
Galactic Energy plans a first Pallas-1 flight including recovery of the first stage using landing legs in 2025.
Galactic Energy launched five times in 2023, including four launches since 2023-07-22.
Six firms—Galactic Energy, iSpace, Landspace, Space Pioneer, CAS Space, and Expace—reached orbit in 2023.
Galactic Energy launched its first Ceres-1 solid rocket in November 2020.
Galactic Energy performed a single launch in 2021 and two launches in 2022.
Chinese commercial launch companies Galactic Energy, iSpace, Space Pioneer, Landspace, CAS Space, and Expace had all reached orbit in 2023.
The planned Galactic Energy sea launch will lift off from a mobile platform off the coast of Haiyang, Shandong province during a launch window starting 2023-08-20 and running until the end of the month.
Galactic Energy achieved seven successful launches in seven attempts as of 2023-08-10.
The planned Galactic Energy sea launch will carry the satellites Tianqi 21-24 for Guodian Gaoke.
Commercial firms Galactic Energy, iSpace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace, and state-owned commercial spinoffs CAS Space and Expace, reached orbit in 2023.
Chinese commercial firm C-Space launched the Qiankun-1 VLEO satellite on 2023-07-22 on a Galactic Energy Ceres-1 solid rocket.