i-Space (Chinese company)

i-Space (Chinese: 星际荣耀; pinyin: xīngjì róngyào; lit. 'Interstellar Glory')—also known as Space Honor, Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Ltd., Interstellar Glory or StarCraft Glory—is a Chinese private space technology development and space launch company based in Beijing, founded in October 2016.

Not to be confused with ispace (Japanese company).

i-Space
Company typePrivate
Industryaerospace
Founded2016 (2016)
Headquarters
Beijing
,
China
ProductsLaunch service provider
Websitewww.i-space.com.cn

The company is developing two-stage small satellite orbital launchers based on solid propellant rocket engines procured from major Chinese government supplier China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CAST).

In July 2019, i-Space successfully launched the Hyperbola-1 and reached low Earth orbit on its maiden flight, becoming the first private company from China to achieve orbit. The company's next three orbital launch attempts (two in 2021 and one in 2022) using the same launch vehicle all ended in failure. But a return to success in orbital launches with the Hyperbola-1 followed in 2023 when the company conducted a successful test launch with no payload in April of that year and continued with a December 2023 launch that placed the DEAR-1 satellite in an SSO orbit.

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