The Gravity-1 rocket has three main stages and four boosters, all powered by solid rocket motors.
China’s private aerospace company Orienspace on Thursday, January 11, launched its own Gravity-1 launch vehicle into space for the first time, calling it “the world’s most powerful solid-propellant rocket.” CGTN reports.
The launch took place from an offshore platform in the Yellow Sea near the city of Haiyan in eastern Shandong province. The rocket was launched with three Yunyao-1 meteorological satellites.
Gravity-1 has a height of about 30 m, a take-off weight of 400 tons and is capable of lifting about 6500 kg of cargo in low Earth orbit or 4200 kg in a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit . It is capable of launching into space several satellites weighing more than 100 kg, as well as small cargo spacecraft from 3 to 4 tons.
The rocket has three main stages and four boosters, all equipped with solid rocket motors and rotating nozzles. In this case, the third stage engine can be replaced with an engine running on liquid oxygen and kerosene to increase the load capacity.
Orienspace is already developing the Gravity-2 launch vehicle with multiple main stages, and the Gravity-3, a heavy, reusable launch vehicle.
Let’s recall that on December 26 last year, China launched three scientific satellites into the planned space orbit. On January 6 this year, China sent four Tianmu-1 meteorological satellites into space.
Source: korrespondent
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