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Deep Blue Aerospace

China · deepblueaerospace.com

Deep Blue Aerospace is developing the Nebula-1A orbital launch vehicle, with an orbital launch targeted for mid-2026.

Space · prospect · score 39

Positioning

Deep Blue Aerospace is a Chinese small-launch company building the Nebula-1 kerolox VTVL small-lift rocket (~2t to LEO), with multiple low-altitude VTVL hop tests completed but its orbital debut still pending and no orbital-class recovery demonstrated as of August 2026. It is the hop-test pioneer that hasn't converted, its earliest-in-China VTVL lineage now passed by Landspace's orbital landing, with a suborbital-tourism side program. It is pre-revenue (crowdfunded tourism deposits plus VC).

Latest signals

  • Deep Blue Aerospace completes two rounds of financing totaling nearly 2 billion yuan36Kr newsflashes
  • Deep Blue Aerospace completes nearly 20 billion yuan financing with participation from listed companies Bocom Technology and Hongrun ConstructionYicai
  • Chinese launch companies are targeting multiple first orbital flights in 2026.Payload

3 signals name Deep Blue Aerospace. Members see all of them, filtered by topic, source and date.

Facts, with sources

  • [object Object]Revenue band · SpaceNews
  • Orbital launch targeted for mid-2026Product launch · SpaceNews
  • New fundingFunding round · SpaceNews

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Scores, Space (of 10)

Deployment2
Production2
Commercials2
Progress5
Technology6
Positioning4
Firepower4
Leverage4

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

Questions this page answers

What does Deep Blue Aerospace do?

Deep Blue Aerospace is developing the Nebula-1A orbital launch vehicle, with an orbital launch targeted for mid-2026. Deep Blue Aerospace is a Chinese small-launch company building the Nebula-1 kerolox VTVL small-lift rocket (~2t to LEO), with multiple low-altitude VTVL hop tests completed but its orbital debut still pending and no orbital-class recovery demonstrated as of August 2026. It is the hop-test pioneer that hasn't converted, its earliest-in-China VTVL lineage now passed by Landspace's orbital landing, w

Where does Deep Blue Aerospace rank in space?

Deep Blue Aerospace is on the Space prospect list of Frontier Tech Intelligence with a score of 39 out of 100, below the Top 100.

Where is Deep Blue Aerospace based and when was it founded?

Deep Blue Aerospace is based in China.

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