Hyperbola-1

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Current status

Operational from Jiuquan but with an uneven record of four successes in eight flights. It returned to flight on July 29, 2025, delivering the HS-9 satellite to sun-synchronous orbit.

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Specifications6

Payload to LEO: 300 kg
Height: 20.8 m (68 ft)
Diameter: 1.4 m
Propellant: Solid (4 stages) + liquid attitude control
Launch Record: 8 launches, 4 successes
First Flight: Jul 25, 2019 (success)

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Upcoming milestones1

All iSpace (Interstellar Glory) milestones

Announced next steps from iSpace (Interstellar Glory) that mention Hyperbola-1.

2026-2027
Bring Chengdu production base online; advance Hyperbola-9
Put the record 5.037 billion yuan (~$729.6M) Series D++ closed in February 2026, plus the first tranche of a new Series E round (nearly 1 billion yuan, ~$140M, out of a round reported at ~7 billion yuan / ~$980M total) closed in August 2026, to work - completing the 3.3B yuan Chengdu production base (Chengdu reporting in April 2026 still targeted completion by end of 2026, equipment debugging late 2026, and official production in 2027, sized for 20 rockets/year), expanding Hyperbola-3 final assembly and integrated-test capacity, building out Focus-2 methalox engine and sea-recovery infrastructure, raising Hyperbola-1's reliability, and starting early R&D on the heavy-lift Hyperbola-9 and its 300-tonne-class Focus-3 engine.
news.chengdu.cn

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