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In 2023, China’s commercial launch companies CAS Space, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace reached 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.
CAS Space, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace all reached orbit in 2023.
Galactic Energy performed a hop test with a jet engine-powered article as part of development for the Pallas-1 kerolox reusable launcher.
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 performed a single launch in 2021 and two launches in 2022.
Galactic Energy raised $200,000,000 for reusable launch vehicle development in early 2022.
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 plans a first Pallas-1 flight including recovery of the first stage using landing legs in 2025.
Galactic Energy launched its first Ceres-1 solid rocket in November 2020.
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.
Chinese commercial launch companies Galactic Energy, iSpace, Space Pioneer, Landspace, CAS Space, and Expace had all reached orbit in 2023.
Commercial firms Galactic Energy, iSpace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace, and state-owned commercial spinoffs CAS Space and Expace, reached orbit in 2023.