Hyperbola-1

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i-Space (i-Space)

July 25, 2019

Description

i-Space's first orbital rocket.

Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    38.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.5 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Hyperbola-1
  • Family
  • Variant
    1
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Hyperbola-1
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    300.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

i-Space

Commercial
None
i-Space 2016

i-Space is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing and founded in October 2016.

Hyperbola-1 | Kunpeng-03

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 29, 2025, 4:11 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Commercial Earth observation satellite in SSO with sub-meter resolution capability.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Hyperbola-1 | Yunyao-1 15-17

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 10, 2024, 11:40 p.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

3 weather satellites performing atmospheric measurements using GNSS Radio Occultation for a Tianjin based company. Constellation is planned to have an eventual 90 satellites.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Hyperbola-1 | DEAR-1

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 17, 2023, 7 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Prototype recoverable experiment spacecraft by Chinese firm AZSPACE.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Hyperbola-1 | Dummy Payload

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
April 7, 2023, 4 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Test launch of Hyperbola-1 to test reliability after 3 successive failures in 2021-22.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Hyperbola-1 | Jilin-1 Mofang-01A(R)

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
May 13, 2022, 7:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

New generation experimental Earth imaging satellite for the Jilin-1 constellation. NOTE: Payload identity unconfirmed.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Hyperbola-1 | Jilin-1 Mofang-01A (?)

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Aug. 3, 2021, 7:39 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

New generation experimental Earth imaging satellite for the Jilin-1 constellation. NOTE: Payload identity unconfirmed.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Hyperbola-1 | Unknown

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Feb. 1, 2021, 8:15 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Unknown Mission

There are no mission or payload details available for this launch.


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Hyperbola-1 | Maiden Flight

i-Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 25, 2019, 5 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

This is the first flight of a small solid fuel rocket designed by iSpace, also known as Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Ltd. It will carry several payloads for commercial customers to LEO.

Low Earth Orbit
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