Orbital launch vehicle

Hyperbola-1

ActiveChinai-SpaceSpec: 1

i-Space's first orbital rocket.

Flights flown8
Success rate50%4/8
Payload to LEO300kg
Maiden flight2019-07-25
Peak year20212 flights

Hyperbola-1 is built by i-Space of China. Company background, funding, contracts and news for this operator are tracked on Space Index. It first flew on 25 July 2019.

Flight record

8 records
50% success rate4 of 8 flown · 4 failed
2019peak 2021 · 2 flights2025
First flight2019-07-25
Latest flight2025-07-29
Failures4
Consecutive successes1
Fastest turnaround182d 23h

Payload

Per mission profile
Low Earth orbit300kg

Vehicle

1 spec
Stages4
Length38m
Diameter2.5m
Maiden flight2019-07-25
ReusableNo

Pads used

1 pad

Orbits delivered

2 orbits
Sun-Synchronous Orbit6Low Earth Orbit1

Launch history

8 launches
DateMissionPadOrbitOutcome
2025-07-29Hyperbola-1 | Kunpeng-03Launch Area 95ASun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
2024-07-10Hyperbola-1 | Yunyao-1 15-17Launch Area 95ASun-Synchronous OrbitFailure
2023-12-17Hyperbola-1 | DEAR-1Launch Area 95ASun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
2023-04-07Hyperbola-1 | Dummy PayloadLaunch Area 95ASun-Synchronous OrbitSuccess
2022-05-13Hyperbola-1 | Jilin-1 Mofang-01A(R)Launch Area 95ASun-Synchronous OrbitFailure
2021-08-03Hyperbola-1 | Jilin-1 Mofang-01A (?)Launch Area 95ASun-Synchronous OrbitFailure
2021-02-01Hyperbola-1 | UnknownLaunch Area 95AFailure
2019-07-25Hyperbola-1 | Maiden FlightLaunch Area 95ALow Earth OrbitSuccess

Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.

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