i-Space
Chinese commercial small-launch operator (distinct from Japan's ispace). Hyperbola-1 reached orbit July 2019 -- first private Chinese orbital launch -- followed by multiple failures. Hyperbola-3 reusable methalox vehicle in development.
FINANCIAL HEALTH
SECTOR POSITION
RECENT COVERAGE
| Date | Source | Headline |
|---|---|---|
| May 07, 2026 | NASASpaceFlight | China prepares cargo, crew, and deep space missions, as commercial sector steps towards reusability |
REGISTRY DATA
Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Wikipedia entry summarising i-Space's Hyperbola-1 first-private-Chinese-orbital launch (July 2019) and subsequent flight history. Operator site i-space.com.cn confirms Beijing HQ.
METHODOLOGY
Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.
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