China-Carrier Rocket/Middle Weight
China-Carrier Rocket/Middle Weight
Dateline : Recent
Location : China
Duration : 1'03
Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone, northwest China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of PALLAS-1 Y1 carrier rocket being assembled
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Liu Baiqi, chairman, Galactic Energy (starting with shot 1/ending with shot 3):
"We used to see many models in the four-to-five-ton payload class, then some other models' payload capacity jumped straight to around 20 tons. The five-to-seven-ton range, even up to eight tons, remains relatively few. That is exactly the niche PALLAS-1 is built for."
3. Various of rocket being assembled
4. Various of rocket being delivered to launch site
China's PALLAS-1 Y1 carrier rocket eyes on the middle-weight deployment of low-orbit satellite constellations, said a Chinese expert after its successful launch on Tuesday from Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China.
The mission marked the maiden flight of PALLAS-1, a medium-sized, two-stage liquid carrier rocket independently developed by Galactic Energy, a Chinese private space launch enterprise.
The rocket is 52 meters long and has a core-stage diameter of 3.35 meters, a liftoff mass of 283 tons and a liftoff thrust of 350 tons. Designed to be re-used at least 25 times, it can carry five to seven tons to low Earth orbit.
"We used to see many models in the four-to-five-ton payload class, then some other models' payload capacity jumped straight to around 20 tons. The five-to-seven-ton range, even up to eight tons, remains relatively few. That is exactly the niche PALLAS-1 is built for," said Liu Baiqi, chairman of Galactic Energy.
PALLAS-1 is Galactic Energy's first product in the liquid rocket field, following the company's solid-fuel Ceres (Gushenxing) series.
Its successful debut means the company now runs two parallel product lines side by side, marking a new phase of development as it sets its sights on the large-scale constellation deployment market.
ID : 8497142
Published : 2026-09-01 18:00
Last Modified : 2026-09-02 16:58:17
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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