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Deep Blue Aerospace - Nebula-1

Launcher name	Nebula-1
Rocket status	Development
First launch	2025
Launch delay	First announced launch: 2020
Performance	1000 kg
Propellant type	Kerosene
Reusability	Development "[At Deep Blue Aerospace, we want to develop only rockets, and go from partially reusable and extend to fully reusable vehicles. ](https://spacenews.com/chinas-deep-blue-aerospace-targets-big-national-commercial-launch-opportunities/) [The company took two small steps towards the planned Nebula-1 reusable orbital rocket in the second half of 2021, conducting first a successful 10-meter and then the 100-meter-level vertical takeoff, vertical landing tests with the Nebula M1 test stage.](https://spacenews.com/chinas-deep-blue-aerospace-targets-big-national-commercial-launch-opportunities/) [From here, the next test is a kilometer-level test, using the Nebula-M. A larger Nebula-2M test article which will use the Nebula-1’s Leiting-20, 20-ton-thrust kerolox engine, would be used for 100-kilometer-level tests. “Our plan is to produce the Nebula-1 liquid rocket orbital launcher as early as possible. And we will start orbital recovery simultaneously.”](https://spacenews.com/chinas-deep-blue-aerospace-targets-big-national-commercial-launch-opportunities/) "
Comment	As of March 2025, orbital launch planned in mid-2025.
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Company name	Deep Blue Aerospace (Jiangsu Deep Blue Aerospace)
Oneliner	iangsu Shenlan Space Co., LTD. (Shenlan Space) focuses on the direction of liquid recovery and reuse carrier rockets. The headquarters of Deep Blue Space is located in Nantong, Jiangsu Province.
Notes	Deep Blue Aerospace fired up the Nebula-M VTVL test stage at a facility at Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province, reaching a height of almost 10 meters before briefly hovering and landing safely. Deep Blue Aerospace completed the first domestic fairing separation test using a non-pyrotechnical connection unlocking mechanism, 2023-07-08 DEEP-BLUE recently completed a 215s hot fire test of their Nebula-1 VTVL hopper, 2024-05-10. Deep Blue Aerospace Secures Series B3 Funding to Accelerate Reusable Rocket Development, 2024-08-13. Deep Blue Aerospace raises new funds, targets mid-year orbital launch, 2025-03-10.
Funding	$208M+
Location	China
Established	2017

Last modified: 2025-05-04

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