Galactic Energy planned one or two Ceres-1 launches from a mobile sea platform in the Yellow Sea using infrastructure established at Haiyang, Shandong province in 2023.
Ceres-1 can deliver 400 kg to low Earth orbit or 300 kg to a 500-kilometer-altitude sun-synchronous orbit.
Galactic Energy planned a total of 8 to 10 Ceres-1 launches in 2023.
Galactic Energy completed a fifth successful Ceres-1 launch from its fifth attempt in early January 2023.
Galactic Energy completed its first launch of 2023 in early January 2023 and is looking to launch 8–10 Ceres-1 solid rockets in 2023.
The 2023-01-09 Ceres-1 mission delivered five satellites into sun-synchronous orbit: Tianmu-1 01, Tianmu-1 02, Science and Technology-1, Tianqi-13 for Guodian Gaoke, and a small satellite named for Nantong Middle School.
Galactic Energy plans to perform 8–10 Ceres-1 launches in 2023 to ramp up production and delivery rates.
A Ceres-1 commercial solid rocket developed by private firm Galactic Energy launched from Jiuquan spaceport at 12:04 a.m. on 2023-01-09.
Galactic Energy achieved its fifth consecutive launch success with the 2023-01-09 Ceres-1 mission.
Ceres-1 can deliver 400 kg to low Earth orbit or 300 kg to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
A new Eastern spaceport for sea launches was established at Haiyang in Shandong province to potentially facilitate sea launches of Ceres-1.
Galactic Energy became the only Chinese private launch firm to reach orbit twice when its second Ceres-1 launched five satellites in December 2021.
The Ceres-1 mission was the fourth Chinese orbital launch in 2022 not involving Long March rockets developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
Yunyao Aerospace sent payloads into orbit aboard the small Baoyun satellite launched on a Ceres-1 solid rocket in December 2022.
Galactic Energy is planning to launch its third Ceres-1 solid rocket within a few months and could test a sea launch of Ceres-1 before the end of the year.
Galactic Energy planned to begin a new set of launches of its Ceres-1 solid rocket in the second half of 2022.
Galactic Energy has succeeded with both launches of its Ceres-1 rocket and plans a third launch around July 2022.
Galactic Energy secured $200,000,000 in January and will use the funds for upcoming launches of the Ceres-1 solid rocket and the larger kerosene-LOX Pallas-1 launcher.
Galactic Energy plans around five launches of its Ceres-1 light-lift rocket in the second half of 2022.
Galactic Energy successfully launched its Ceres-1 solid rocket in December 2021.