Orienspace#Gravity-2

Orienspace is headquartered in Shandong Province, where an assembly, integration and test center is being built for future activities.{{Cite web |title=Chinese Rocket Newbie Orien Space Bags USD47.3 Million in Pre-A Round |url=https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/chinese-rocket-newbie-orien-space-bags-usd473-million-in-pre-a-round |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=www.yicaiglobal.com |language=en}}

The company also established an R&D center in Beijing Office and a headquarters of aerospace propulsion technology in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.{{Cite news |date=22 August 2023 |title=China's OrienSpace could be valued at $823 million in new fundraising -sources |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/china-orienspace-fundraising-idUKKBN2ZX0ES |access-date=17 October 2023}}

As of October 2023, Orienspace has raised four rounds of financing, totaling over 150 million USD.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=13 February 2022 |title=A new Chinese rocket company has raised more than $100 million |url=https://www.space.com/china-orienspace-rocket-company-raises-funds |access-date=17 October 2023 |website=Space.com |language=en}}

In January 2024, Orienspace Secures 600 Million Yuan Funding for Rocket Development Amid Soaring Demand in China{{cite web |title=Orienspace Secures 600 Million Yuan Funding for Rocket Development Amid Soaring Demand in China |url=https://ibmot.com/orienspace-secures-yuan-funding/ |website=ibmot |access-date=25 January 2024 |date=25 January 2024}}

Gravity-1 is a solid-propellant medium-lift launch vehicle that can carry a payload of up to 6.5 tons to LEO or 4.2 tons to SSO, enabling the deployment of large-scale satellite constellations. Its maiden flight was conducted on 11 January 2024, breaking records as both the world's largest solid-fuel carrier rocket and China's most powerful commercial launch vehicle to date.{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Andrew |url=https://spacenews.com/orienspace-breaks-chinese-commercial-launch-records-with-gravity-1-solid-rocket/ |title=Orienspace breaks Chinese commercial launch records with Gravity-1 solid rocket |work=SpaceNews |date=11 January 2024 |access-date=11 January 2024}}

{{anchor|Gravity-2}}Gravity-2, a partially recoverable heavy-lift launch vehicle, is expected to debut in 2025. It will be a 60-meter-tall heavy-lift rocket with a liquid-fuel core stage and solid boosters. The core stage will be powered by nine Yuanli-85 engines, which are gas-generator cycle kerosene engines with a thrust of 100 tons each. Gravity-2 will be able to deliver 25.6 tons of payload to LEO, 19.1 tons to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), or 7.7 tons to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). It will also be partially recoverable and support missions to higher orbits such as MEO and LTO.

Gravity-3 is a planned variant of Gravity-2 that will use three Gravity-2 core stages. It will have a payload capacity of 30.6 tons to LEO, 20.5 tons to SSO, 9.6 tons to GTO, and 8 tons to LTO. It will enable large-scale satellite constellation deployment and lunar exploration.

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