Maiden Flight

i-Space's solid-fueled Hyperbola-1 reached orbit on its maiden flight from Jiuquan, deploying the CAS-7B amateur radio satellite and a CCTV verification payload. The success made i-Space the first Chinese private company to put a rocket into orbit.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

28 kg (est.)

Flight

1st

of 8 Hyperbola-1 flights

Date and time

25 July 2019, 05:00 UTC

Rocket

Hyperbola-1

Builder

i-Space

Launch site

Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Test Flight

International designator

2019-043

Launches in 2019

48th of 102

See it in orbit

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