Ceres-1 payload capacity is 420 kilograms to low Earth orbit, 300 kilograms to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit, and 270 kilograms to a 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
Ceres-1 vehicles have launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and from various sea-based launch platforms.
Galactic Energy’s Eros orbital test platform replaced the Ceres-1 fourth stage for the second time to carry out in-space experiments for an undisclosed customer.
Ceres-1 has a payload capacity of 300 kilograms to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
The third stage of Ceres-1 produces 8.8 tons of thrust using an undisclosed solid propellant.
Ceres-1 third-stage solid rocket motor produces 8.8 tons of thrust.
Ceres-1, LJ-1, and KZ-11 are possible launch candidates.
Galactic Energy has attempted 17 launches of its Ceres-1 small rocket, succeeding in 16 of them.
Galactic Energy recorded 5 successful launches of its Ceres-1 rocket, sending a company record 23 satellites into orbit.
Ceres-2 is an upgraded variant of the Ceres-1 solid rocket, which can carry 400 kg to LEO or 300 kg to a 500-kilometer SSO.
Commercial Chinese companies such as Landspace (Zhuque-2), Galactic Energy (Ceres-1), and Orienspace (Gravity-1) fell short of their planned numbers of launches in 2024.
The 2024-12-19 Ceres-1 launch was the third time a Ceres-1 rocket launched a batch of four Tianqi satellites.
Galactic Energy plans at least 10 Ceres-1 solid rocket launches in 2024 and plans to debut the kerolox Pallas-1 in 2024.
Galactic Energy completed a return-to-flight with the 11th Ceres-1 four-stage solid rocket launch at Jiuquan spaceport on 2023-12-04, successfully sending a pair of satellites into near-polar orbits.
Galactic Energy’s Ceres-1 solid rocket is capable of delivering 400 kg to LEO and 300 kg to a 500-km SSO.
Long March 11, Jielong-3, and commercial Ceres-1 rockets have launched from the Haiyang sea-launch area.
Ceres-1 can lift 300 kg of payload to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
Galactic Energy, established in 2018, has conducted 10 orbital launches of its Ceres-1 rocket, with the latest flight being its only failure.
An investigation by Galactic Energy completed in late October concluded that abnormal ablation of a first stage engine nozzle caused the Ceres-1 rocket to lose attitude control just over a minute into the flight.
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.