The Yinli-1 launch vehicle left final assembly at the Haiyang Eastern Spaceport
and will sail on the Dongfang Spaceport launch vessel for an offshore satellite
launch in eastern Shanghai waters on July 22. Yinli-1 is Eastern Space’s first
commercial launch vehicle, with payload capacity of 6.5 tons to LEO and 4.2
tons to a 500km sun-synchronous orbit. Its January 2024 maiden flight set
records as the world’s largest solid-fuel launcher and China’s largest
commercial launch capacity; the vehicle has now entered routine commercial
operations.