Pallas-1

Partially reusable orbital launch vehicle by Galactic Energy

Pallas-1
Size
Function	Launch Vehicle
Manufacturer	Galactic Energy
Country of origin	China
Height	42 m (138 ft)
Diameter	3.35 m (11.0 ft)
Mass	220,000 kg (490,000 lb)
Stages	3
Capacity
Payload to 400 km (250 mi) LEO
Mass	5,000 kg (11,000 lb)^[1]
Payload to 700 km (430 mi) SSO
Mass	3,000 kg (6,600 lb)

Associated rockets
Comparable	GSLV, Long March 4A, Nuri, ZQ-2
Launch history
Status	In development
Total launches	0

First stage
Diameter	3.35 m (11.0 ft)
Powered by	7 Welkin
Maximum thrust	3,500 kN (790,000 lb_f)
Burn time	151s
Propellant	RP-1/LOX
Second stage
Diameter	3.35 m (11.0 ft)
Powered by	1 Welkin Vac
Maximum thrust	600 kN (130,000 lb_f)
Burn time	186s
Propellant	RP-1/LOX
Third stage
Diameter	3.35 m (11.0 ft)

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The Pallas-1 (Chinese: 智神星一号) is a medium-lift orbital launch vehicle under development by Galactic Energy.^[2] It features seven CQ-50 engines burning RP-1 and liquid oxygen (kerolox) in its first stage.^[3] The first stage will have legs and grid fins to allow for stage recovery by vertical landing (much like the SpaceX Falcon 9).^[2]

Pallas-1 is planned to be capable of placing a 5-tonne payload into low Earth orbit (LEO), or a 3-tonne payload into a 700-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO).^[4] The first launch of the rocket is scheduled to take place in November 2024,^[5] while an initial attempt at first stage recovery using landing legs is slated for 2025.^[6]

Using three Pallas-1 booster cores as its first stage, Pallas-1B (Chinese: 智神星一号乙) will be capable of putting a 17.5-tonne payload into low Earth orbit.^[7]

Launches

Future Launches

Serial number	Rocket & serial	Date (UTC)	Launch site	Payload	Orbit	Outcome	Remarks
1	Pallas-1	NET November 2024^[5]	Wenchang Space Launch Site	No Payload (Test Flight)	—	TBD	First test flight of Pallas-1

References

^ Jones, Andrew (22 July 2023). "Galactic Energy registers sixth consecutive successful launch". SpaceNews. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b Jones, Andrew (20 March 2020). "Galactic Energy Prepares Ceres-1 Rocket for First Launch". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^ "智神星一号液体运载火箭圆满完成控制系统半实物仿真试验". 23 February 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
^ Jones, Andrew (7 December 2021). "Chinese private firm Galactic Energy puts five satellites in orbit with second launch". SpaceNews. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b China 'N Asia Spaceflight [@CNSpaceflight] (January 25, 2024). "GALACTIC-ENERGY's CEO says Pallas-1 will be ready to launch this November" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Jones, Andrew (20 December 2023). "Chinese launch startup Galactic Energy raises $154 million for Pallas-1 reusable rocket launch". SpaceNews. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "智神星一号液体运载火箭圆满完成控制系统半实物仿真试验". 23 February 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

Chinese launch systems

Sounding rockets

T-7
OS-XO

Orbital launch vehicles

Active	Ceres 1 1S Gravity-1 Hyperbola-1 Jielong 1 3 Kaituozhe 2 Kuaizhou 1 1A 11 Kinetica-1 Long March CZ-2C 2D 2F 3A 3B/E 3C 4B 4C 5 5B 6 6A 6C 7 7A 8 11 11H OS-M1 Tianlong-2 Zhuque 2
In development	Gravity-2 Hyperbola-2 Kuaizhou 21 31 Long March 9 10 12 Naga-L Nebula 1 New Line 1 OS-M2 OS-M4 Pallas 1 2 Tianlong-3 Zhuque 3
Retired	Feng Bao 1 Kaituozhe-1 Long March CZ-1 1D 2A 2E 3 3B 4A Zhuque 1

v t e Orbital launch systems
List of orbital launch systems Comparison of orbital launch systems
Current	Angara 1.2 A5 Atlas V Ceres 1 1S Chollima-1 Electron Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy Firefly Alpha Gravity-1 GSLV H-IIA H3 Hyperbola-1 Jielong 1 3 KAIROS^† Kaituozhe 2 Kinetica-1 Kuaizhou 1 1A 11 Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B/E 3C 4B 4C 5 5B 6 6A 7 7A 8 11 11H LVM3 Minotaur I IV V C Nuri OS-M1^† Pegasus XL Proton-M PSLV Qaem 100 Qased RS1^† Shavit 2 Simorgh SLS Block 1 Soyuz-2 2.1a / STA 2.1b / STB 2-1v SSLV Starship Tianlong-2 Unha Vega original C Vulcan Centaur Zenit 3SL 3SLB 3F Zhuque 2
In development	Antares 330 Ariane 6 Bloostar Cyclone-4M Epsilon S Eris Gravity-2 Hyperbola-2 Irtysh Kuaizhou 21 31 Long March 9 10 12 Miura 5 MLV Neutron New Glenn New Line 1 NGLV OS-M 2 4 Orbex Prime Pallas-1 Red Dwarf SLS Block 1B Block 2 Soyuz-7 Terran R Tianlong-3 VLM Vega E Zero Zhuque 3 Zuljanah
Retired	Antares 110 120 130^† 230 230+ Ariane 1 2 3 4 5 ASLV Athena I II Atlas B D E/F G H I II III LV-3B SLV-3 Able^† Agena Centaur Black Arrow Conestoga^† Delta A B C D E G J L M N 0100 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 II III IV IV Heavy Diamant Dnepr Energia Epsilon Europa I^† II^† Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 "Full Thrust" Feng Bao 1 GSLV Mk I H-I H-II H-IIB Juno I Juno II Kaituozhe-1 Kosmos original 1 2/2I 3 3M Lambda 4S LauncherOne Long March 1 1D^† 2A 2E 3 3B 4A Mu 4S 3C 3H 3S 3SII V N1^† N-I N-II Naro-1 Paektusan^† Pilot-2^† R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz original FG L M U U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna^† Rocket 3 Safir 1 1A 1B Saturn I IB V Scout X-1 Blue Scout II^† X-2^† X-2M X-3 X-3M X-4 X-2B^† B A B-1 D-1 A-1 E-1 F-1 G-1 Shavit original 1 SLV Space Shuttle SPARK^† Sparta SS-520 Start-1 Terran 1^† Thor Able Ablestar 1 2 Agena A B D Burner 1 2 Delta DSV-2U Thorad-Agena SLV-2G SLV-2H Titan II GLV IIIA IIIB IIIC IIID IIIE 34D 23G CT-3 IV Tsyklon R-36-O original 2 3 Universal Rocket UR-500 Proton Proton-K Rokot Strela Vanguard VLS-1^† Zenit 2 2M 2FG Zhuque 1^†
Classes	Sounding rocket Small-lift launch vehicle Medium-lift launch vehicle Heavy-lift launch vehicle Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
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Reusable launch systems and spacecraft

Launch systems

Active	Falcon 9 (first stage) Falcon Heavy (core stages) New Shepard*
Retired	Space Shuttle (orbiter and boosters)
In development	Amur (first stage) Ariane Next CALLISTO CORONA Electron (first stage) Hyperbola-2 Long March 6X (first stage) 8R (first stage) Miura 5 (first stage) New Glenn (first stage) Orbex Prime (first stage) Pallas-1 (first stage) RLV-TD Rocket Lab Neutron (first stage) Skylon Starship (SpaceX) Terran R (first stage) Vulcan (engines) WIRES
Proposals	Kankoh-maru SASSTO Saturn-Shuttle
Canceled	Adeline Angara Ares I (first stage) Ares V (boosters) Chang Cheng-1 Energia II (Uragan) Falcon 1e Falcon 5 Nexus HOPE-X Hopper / Phoenix HOTOL K-1 Liquid Fly-back Booster MAKS Reusable Booster System Roton Sea Dragon Tianjiao-1 Spiral V-2 VentureStar

Spacecraft

Active	Boeing X-37 Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft (CSSHQ) Dragon 2 Shenlong SpaceShipTwo*
Retired	Buran-class orbiter Dragon (capsule) Gemini SC-2* SpaceShipOne* Space Shuttle orbiter X-15*
In development	Boeing Starliner (capsule) Dream Chaser Mengzhou (capsule) Orel (spacecraft) (capsule) Orion (capsule) Starship upper stage SpaceShipThree*
Proposals	Avatar Goodyear Meteor Junior Ya Guidao Gainian Feixingqi* SUSIE
Cancelled	H-2 Kliper Lynx* Mustard Silver Dart SOAR X-30 NASP* X-33*