Orienspace

Orienspace (also named Orien Space Shandong Technology and oSpace) is a Chinese private space launch enterprise founded in 2020 and developing the medium-class orbital launch vehicle named Gravity-1 (Yinli-1). Intended for a first flight in 2023, the rocket would have the capacity to lift 3 tons to low Earth orbit.^[1]

In June 2021, the company raised $62 million in funding.^[2]^[3]

In November 2021 the company appointed Yao Song as Co-CEO who was formerly founder of Shenjian Technology, a company that developed semiconductors for autonomous driving, smart security, cloud computing, and AI.^[4]

In January 2022 the company has secured nearly $47.3 million in its pre-Series A round of financing to develop powerful rocket engines.^[5]

In May 2022 the company has raised $59.9 million in a Series A funding round.^[6]

Marketplace

Orienspace is in competition with several other Chinese solid rocket startups, being Galactic Energy, LandSpace, LinkSpace, ExPace, i-Space, OneSpace, Deep Blue Aerospace

References

^ "Rocket Report: NASA boosts commercial launch, another Chinese Falcon 9?". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
^ "twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1486309712660475911". twitter.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.^{[self-published]}
^ "东方空间完成近3亿元 PreA轮融资，加速产品研发及高效体系建设". mp.weixin.qq.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
^ "#SpaceWatchGL Column: Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 1–7 November". SpaceWatch.Global. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
^ "Chinese Rocket Newbie Orien Space Bags USD47.3 Million in Pre-A Round". yicaiglobal.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
^ https://spacenews.com/chinese-launch-startup-orienspace-raises-59-9-million-in-series-a-round/

External links

Official website

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[arstechnica-1] "Rocket Report: NASA boosts commercial launch, another Chinese Falcon 9?". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

[twitter-2] "twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1486309712660475911". twitter.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.^{[self-published]}

[weixin-3] "东方空间完成近3亿元 PreA轮融资，加速产品研发及高效体系建设". mp.weixin.qq.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

[spacewatch-4] "#SpaceWatchGL Column: Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 1–7 November". SpaceWatch.Global. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

[yicaiglobal-5] "Chinese Rocket Newbie Orien Space Bags USD47.3 Million in Pre-A Round". yicaiglobal.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

[6] ttps://spacenews.com/chinese-launch-startup-orienspace-raises-59-9-million-in-series-a-round/

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Current	Angara 1.2 A5 Ariane 6 Atlas V Ceres 1 1S Chollima-1 Electron Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy Firefly Alpha Gravity-1 GSLV H-IIA H3 Hyperbola-1 Jielong 1 3 KAIROS^† Kaituozhe 2 Kinetica 1 Kuaizhou 1 1A 11 Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B/E 3C 4B 4C 5 5B 6 6A 7 7A 8 11 11H LVM3 Minotaur I IV V C Nuri OS-M1^† Pegasus XL Proton-M PSLV Qaem 100 Qased RS1^† Shavit 2 Simorgh SLS Block 1 Soyuz-2 2.1a / STA 2.1b / STB 2-1v SSLV Starship Tianlong-2 Unha Vega original C Vulcan Centaur Zhuque 2
In development	Antares 330 Bloostar Cyclone-4M Epsilon S Eris Gravity-2 Hyperbola-2 Irtysh Kuaizhou 21 31 Long March 9 10 12 Miura 5 MLV Neutron New Glenn New Line 1 NGLV Nova OS-M 2 4 Orbex Prime Pallas-1 Red Dwarf SLS Block 1B Block 2 Soyuz-7 Terran R Tianlong-3 VLM Vega E Zero Zhuque 3 Zuljanah
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