Space Epoch develops reusable orbital launch vehicles, with a maiden flight and recovery targeted for late 2026 and prior sea-based vertical-landing testing in China.
Space Epoch is a Chinese launch company whose Yuanxingzhe-1 (a 64m stainless-steel methalox rocket, 6,500kg to SSO) achieved China's first sea-based vertical landing of a reusable rocket (suborbital, May 2025), targeting a maiden orbital flight and recovery by end-2026. It completed a Series B (February 2026, amount undisclosed) and announced a Taobao/Alibaba rocket-parcel-delivery collaboration, occupying the sea-recovery lane of China's reusable cohort (versus Landspace's legs and tower-catch designs). It is pre-orbital-revenue, with the Alibaba delivery angle a distinct demand thesis.
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Space Epoch develops reusable orbital launch vehicles, with a maiden flight and recovery targeted for late 2026 and prior sea-based vertical-landing testing in China. Space Epoch is a Chinese launch company whose Yuanxingzhe-1 (a 64m stainless-steel methalox rocket, 6,500kg to SSO) achieved China's first sea-based vertical landing of a reusable rocket (suborbital, May 2025), targeting a maiden orbital flight and recovery by end-2026. It completed a Series B (February 2026, amount undisclosed) and announced a Taobao/Alibaba rocket-parcel-delivery collaboration,
Space Epoch is on the Space watchlist list of Frontier Tech Intelligence with a score of 59 out of 100, below the Top 100.
Space Epoch is based in China.
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