Orienspace / 东方空间

Orienspace, or 东方空间, is Yao Song / 姚颂’s second hard-tech company in 173: 对话姚颂：深鉴、东方空间、再出发，「天才少年」十年后. The source frames it as a China-specific commercial-space bet: if satellite internet and future communications need large constellations, launch capacity becomes part of Space Economy Infrastructure.

Yao describes the company’s launch priority as “好多快省”: high reliability, enough lift capacity, market-entry speed, and then cost. That ordering becomes Commercial Rocket Launch Priority because it differs from a pure low-cost launch story. The episode says Orienspace moved from solid rockets toward liquid recoverable rockets, with [[Gravity1Rocket|引力一号]] as the most visible early milestone.

Key Claims

• The source separates “China,” “commercial,” and “space” as the three parts of the thesis.
• Satellite internet and possible 6G orbital infrastructure are treated as demand drivers, not only as space symbolism.
• Yao’s role is described as complementary to rocket engineers: strategy, capital, market, local-government, and organization-building capacity.
• The source says the company had entered a more stable phase, with large contracts signed, before Yao left amicably.

Connections

• Yao Song / 姚颂 — source founder figure.
• Gravity-1 Rocket / 引力一号 — launch milestone.
• Commercial Rocket Launch Priority, Space Economy Infrastructure, Satellite Connectivity Competition, and Reusable Rocket Economics — strategic context.
• Space Mission Livestreaming — public-facing launch culture in the source.