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The global launch market reached $14.1 billion in 2024 — up 34% since 2021.
| Attribute | |
|---|---|
| Company | Galactic Energy |
| Country | 🇨🇳 China |
| Status | Active |
| Vehicle class | Small |
| Propellant | Solid (stages 1–3) + hydrazine liquid upper stage |
| Reusable | No |
| Stages | 4 |
| First flight | 2020 |
| Payload to LEO | 400 kgas of [1]300 kg to SSO. |
| Payload to GTO | — |
| Height | 20 mas of [1] |
| Liftoff mass | 33 tas of [1] |
| Success rate | 91.3% (21/23)as of [1] |
| Total flights | 23as of [1] |
| Cost / kg LEO | ~$4.5M per launchas of [1]Total launch price, not a per-kg figure. |
| Summary | Galactic Energy's workhorse small-lift solid rocket — one of the most-flown Chinese commercial launchers — with a sea-launch variant (Ceres-1S, debuted Sep 2023) and a larger Ceres-2 in development. |
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