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Rocket file · LV-503

Gravity-1

Orienspace Technology · RETIRED

Gravity-1 is an expendable launch vehicle built by Orienspace Technology. It stands 29.4 m tall, lifts 6,500 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 11 January 2024. It has flown 4 times with 4 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height29.4 m
DiameterNOT ON FILE
Payload to LEO6,500 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight11 January 2024
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights4
Successful4
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0
VariantGravity-1

About Gravity-1

A 4 stage launch vehicle by Chinese private company OrienSpace, consisting of 5 solid rocket motors clustered together but with the center motor igniting just before boosters separation. The upper two stages also uses solid fuel.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Gravity-1 is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

GRC-1998-C-00485
GRC-1998-C-00485NASA / GRC · public domainNASA ↗
GRC-1998-C-00486
GRC-1998-C-00486NASA / GRC · public domainNASA ↗
Walter Cronkite in the Reduced Gravity Simulator
Walter Cronkite in the Reduced Gravity SimulatorNASA / LRC · public domainNASA ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Gravity-1 flown?
4 times, with 4 successes and 0 failures.
What is Gravity-1's success rate?
100.0%. That's 4 successful flights out of 4 attempts.
How much can Gravity-1 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Gravity-1 at 6,500 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Gravity-1 reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Gravity-1 as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.