Pallas-1

Overview

Two-stage, partially reusable kerosene-liquid oxygen medium-lift rocket - Galactic Energy's Falcon 9-class vehicle with a vertically landing first stage powered by seven CQ-50 engines.

Flew its debut mission from Jiuquan on September 1, 2026: both stages performed normally and the second stage placed a dummy payload into the planned sun-synchronous test orbit. The expendable first stage carried no grid fins or other recovery hardware and was not recovered; Galactic Energy plans to phase in descent-control hardware from the third flight onward, working toward a first downrange landing within a handful of flights. The company is raising further capital (at least ~400M yuan / ~$59M committed as of July 2026) to fund follow-on flights.

Key Specs

Payload to LEO

~7,000 kg (200 km)

Height

~52 m

Liftoff Mass

~283 t

First Stage Engines

7 x CQ-50 (kerolox)

Reusable

Yes (first stage, 25+ reuses)

First-Stage Static Fire

Nov 4, 2025 (7 engines)