Kuaizhou 11

Expace operates the larger Kuaizhou-11 solid rocket with a 2.65-meter-diameter fairing and designed to launch up to 1,500 kg to low Earth orbit.

Expace and CASIC have launched 24 Kuaizhou-1A rockets and 11 Kuaizhou-11 rockets since 2017, suffering three failures.

Expace, a subsidiary of CASIC, operates the Kuaizhou-1A and the larger Kuaizhou-11 solid rockets.

CAS Space (Zhongke Aerospace) has begun launching the Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 solid rocket, which has capacity similar to the Kuaizhou-11.

The Kuaizhou-11 can carry 1,000 kg to a 700-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.

CASIC’s launcher operator arm Expace plans a total of 8 to 10 launches of Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 rockets in 2023.

Expace operates Kuaizhou solid rockets for state-owned CASIC and planned seven launches of Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 rockets in 2023.

CASC’s sister state-owned defense contractor CASIC and its subsidiary Expace are planning numerous launches of the solid Kuaizhou-1A and larger Kuaizhou-11 rockets in 2023.

Eleven non-Long March rockets launched from China in 2022, including Jielong-3, Kuaizhou-11, and Zhuque-2.

Failures of Kuaizhou-1A in 2020 and 2021 and the loss of the only flight of Kuaizhou-11 have apparently delayed the Xingyun project.

CASIC has established infrastructure at Jiuquan for launches of Kuaizhou-1A and larger Kuaizhou-11 rockets using transport erector launchers.

CASIC, a state-owned defense contractor separate from CASC, is developing a series of solid rockets for orbital launches and has established infrastructure at Jiuquan for launches of Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 using transport erector launchers rather than a launch pad and service structure.

Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 rockets developed by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) and its affiliates remain grounded after failures in 2021 and 2020 respectively.

Kuaizhou-11 is capable of delivering 1,000 kg to a 700-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit and has not flown since losing its first flight in 2020.

Expace has plans to launch Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 rockets but both vehicle types were grounded following failures in late 2021 and 2020 respectively.

The larger Kuaizhou-11 has not flown since losing its first flight in 2020.

The larger Kuaizhou-11 had a first flight in July 2020 that ended in failure and has not yet achieved a return-to-flight.

The larger Kuaizhou-11 had a first flight in July 2020 that ended in failure, and a return-to-flight has yet to take place but is expected in the near future.