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LAUNCH SITEJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Pallas-1 rocket, with a dummy payload on board.
- Launch vehicle
- Pallas-1
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch pad
- Pallas-1 Launch Pad
- Provider
- Galactic Energy
- Recovery
- Expended, The Pallas-1 first stage booster was expended.
The vehicle
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Launch vehicle
Pallas-1
Pallas-1 is a 2 stage, semi-reusable launch vehicle built by the Chinese private launch services provider Galactic Energy. Both stages are powered by the gas generator cycle rocket engine Welkin/Cangqiong 50 (CQ-50) using kerosene and liquid oxygen, with 7 engines on the 1st stage and 1 vacuum variant on the 2nd stage. It can launch 7 tonnes to LEO and 3 tonnes to SSO when the 1st stage is recovered downrange.
- Height
- 49.6 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 1
- First flight
- 2026-09-01
Core
Pallas1 F1
Flight 1New
- Recovery
- Unknown
- Landing method
- Expended
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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