Space Epoch
Space Epoch (Shanghai Yuanxinghang Technology, 上海元行航) is a Chinese reusable launch vehicle startup founded in 2023 and headquartered in Beijing with test facilities in Shandong.
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Space Epoch (Shanghai Yuanxinghang Technology, 上海元行航) is a Chinese reusable launch vehicle startup founded in 2023 and headquartered in Beijing with test facilities in Shandong. The company is developing the Yuanxingzhe-1 (YXZ-1) medium-lift two-stage launch vehicle designed around a reusable first stage, using liquid oxygen / methane propellants and a stainless-steel structure — design choices visibly influenced by SpaceX's Starship architecture.
In May 2024, Space Epoch successfully conducted a 10-kilometer altitude vertical takeoff / vertical landing hop test of a subscale stainless-steel stage in the Yellow Sea, making it one of the first Chinese private companies to publicly demonstrate high-altitude reusable-rocket flight and recovery. The company targets orbital reuse later in the decade.
Space Epoch is part of a growing cohort of Chinese commercial launch startups pursuing reusability, including Landspace (Zhuque-3), Orienspace, Deep Blue Aerospace, Galactic Energy, and iSpace. Funding has come from a mix of Chinese industrial-technology funds and state-linked investors.
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