Pallas-1

The Pallas-1 is a medium-lift orbital launch vehicle under development by Galactic Energy of China.[1]

It will use RP-1 and liquid oxygen (kerolox) in its first stage. The first stage will have seven variable thrust engines, legs and grid fins to allow recovery by vertical landing (much like the SpaceX Falcon 9).[1] The first launch is scheduled to take place in early 2023.[2]

The booster will use seven new 40-ton variable thrust ‘Cangqiong’ (Welkin) engines.[1]

It is planned to be able to put 5 tonnes into low Earth orbit (LEO), or 3 tonnes into a 700 kilometers sun-synchronous orbit (SSO).[1][3][4]

An upgraded variant of the rocket, Pallas-2, is currently under development. Using three Pallas-1 booster cores as its first stage, Pallas-2 will be capable of putting 14 tonnes into low Earth orbit.[5]

References
  1. Jones, Andrew (20 March 2020). "Galactic Energy Prepares Ceres-1 Rocket for First Launch". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. Jones, Andrew (24 January 2022). "China's Galactic Energy raises $200 million for reusable launch vehicle development". SpaceNews. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. Ng, Kevin James (30 September 2019). "#Ceres1 #Pallas1 – A new Medium Carrier Rocket Company Satellite launcher market set to launch two satellites..." KevinJamesNg.com. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  4. Jones, Andrew (7 December 2021). "Chinese private firm Galactic Energy puts five satellites in orbit with second launch". SpaceNews. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. "三年回望：我们为什么坚定投资星河动力" [Three-year review: Why we firmly invest in Galactic Energy]. 3sNews (in Chinese). Taibo. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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