Rocket Launch to Take Place in Parts of China's East China Sea

Published at Jul 20, 2026 09:48 am
The Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration of China has issued a navigation warning: from Monday to Wednesday this week (July 20th to 22nd), between 6:00 and 12:00 each day, rocket launches will be conducted in certain areas of the East China Sea, and entry is prohibited.

The Shanghai Securities News reported on July 14th that the Gravity-1 (Y4) carrier rocket is expected to perform a sea-based satellite launch mission aboard the "Dongfang Aerospace Port" launch vessel in the eastern waters of Shanghai this Wednesday.

The report states that leveraging its high reliability, strong carrying capacity, applicability for both land and sea launches, and rapid response capabilities, "Gravity-1" can meet the needs for large-scale low-Earth orbit satellite network launches, and has now officially entered regular commercial operation.

"Gravity-1" is a commercial launch vehicle independently developed by Chinese private commercial aerospace company Orienspace, mainly targeting batch launches of low-orbit small and medium satellites and satellite constellation networking. It achieves commercialization by providing launch services to satellite operators.

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