Here’s how it works. A new Chinese rocket just blasted its way into the record books. The Gravity-1 vehicle, built by Chinese company Orienspace, lifted off for the first time ever Thursday (Jan ...

A Gravity-1 (YL-1) rocket launched off the coast of Haiyang, east China’s Shandong Province on January 11, 2024. Photo: Liu Huaiyu (AP) Orienspace was founded in 2020, and Gravity-1 marked its ...

Gravity-1 is capable of carrying more than twice that of the previous largest Chinese solid rockets, CAS Space’s Kinetica-1 and China Rocket’s Jielong-3 (1,500 to 500-km SSO). Both are ...

We don’t have too many launches This Week in Rocket Launches. Probably the most interesting is the Gravity 1 rocket which is planned to launch on Sunday because it is its first launch.

China's Gravity-1 Rocket, also known Yinli-1 (YL-1), was launched 3 Yunyao-1 series satellites with debris blasting away from the launcher as it lifts off from the sea platform.

HAIYANG, Shandong, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's Gravity-1 carrier rocket made its debut flight from waters off the coast of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, on Thursday.

However, the Gravity-1 rocket developed by OrienSpace has a thrust of 600 tonnes and can lift 6.5 tonnes of cargo into near Earth orbit. The rocket’s cargo compartment ...

Orienspace’s Gravity-1 consists of three solid stages and four side boosters. The rocket will have the capability to lift around 6,500 kilograms of payload to LEO, or 3,700 kilograms to 700-km SSO.

China's Gravity-1 Rocket, also known Yinli-1 (YL-1), was launched 3 Yunyao-1 series satellites with debris blasting away from the launcher as it lifts off from the sea platform. Credit ...