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Launch Vehicles
Vehicle family profile

Lijian-1

力箭一号

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

CAS Space (Guangzhou Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd.)Active
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Variants
1
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
14
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
1,500 kg
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
202210
202310
202440
202550
202635
202705
202805
202905
203005
203105
203205
203305
203405
203505
203605
203705
203805

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource
Lijian-1
SSO1,500 kg500 kmUnknownXinhua Lijian-1 launch report

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
Jilin-1 GF07
Lijian-1
Jun 15, 2026
Taijing-3
Lijian-1
May 15, 2026
Jilin-1 GF07
Lijian-1
Apr 14, 2026
Jilin-1/UAE-813

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Lijian-1
Not stated14Active
203905
204005
204101

Forecast Location Split

1 launch location represented.

YearLocationLaunchesConfidenceBasis
2026Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2027Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2028Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2029Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2030Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2031Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2032Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2033Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2034Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2035Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2036Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2037Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2038Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2039Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2040Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone545%Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.
2041Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Lijian-1 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2026 · 45% confidence
5

Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2027 · 45% confidence
5

Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2028 · 45% confidence
5

Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2029 · 45% confidence
5

Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2030 · 45% confidence
5

Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
Lijian-1
Dec 10, 2025
Chutian
Lijian-1
Nov 9, 2025
PRSC-HS1/AIRSAT
Lijian-1
Oct 19, 2025
AIRSAT/DGS
Lijian-1
Aug 19, 2025
Taijing
Lijian-1
May 21, 2025

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Track
2031 · 45% confidence
5

Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2032 · 45% confidence
5

Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2033 · 45% confidence
5

Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2034 · 45% confidence
5

Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2035 · 45% confidence
5

Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2036 · 45% confidence
5

Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2037 · 45% confidence
5

Manual 2026-06-06 review: Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 has recurring flight history and recent multi-launch cadence.

Mentions
206
All verified mentions of this launch vehicle family in source documents.
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The Lijian-1 rocket has a take-off weight of 135,000 kg and a total length of 30 m.

CapabilityValue 4.0Nov 11, 2024Chinese commercial Lijian-1 rocket launches 15 satellites

The Lijian-1 rocket can carry 1,500 kg of payload to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.

Capability
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Value 4.0
Nov 11, 2024
Chinese commercial Lijian-1 rocket launches 15 satellites

CAS Space’s Kinetica-1 (Lijian-1) solid rocket has launched four times since its 2022 debut, all successfully.

PlanValue 4.0Oct 31, 2024CAS Space of China aims to go international

The Lijian-1 Y3 carrier rocket lifted off at 12:03 p.m. Beijing Time on 2024-01-23.

PlanValue 2.0Jan 28, 2024China launches commercial Lijian-1 Y3 carrier rocket

A Lijian-1 Y3 carrier rocket carrying five satellites launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on 2024-01-23.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jan 28, 2024China launches commercial Lijian-1 Y3 carrier rocket

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

PlanCapabilityValue 3.6Nov 29, 2023Satellite imagery reveals explosion at China’s Jiuquan spaceport

The Lijian-1 Y2 launch took place from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province, China.

GeneralPlanValue 3.6Jun 7, 2023China’s Lijian-1 launches 26 satellites (Kinetica-1)

The Lijian-1 rocket can carry 1,500 kg of payload into a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.

CapabilityValue 4.5Jun 7, 2023Chinese commercial rocket firm launches 26 satellites, sets national record

The second Lijian-1 launch vehicle (Lijian-1 Y2) launched 26 small satellites on 7 June 2023 at 04:10 UTC (12:10 local time).

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 7, 2023China’s Lijian-1 launches 26 satellites (Kinetica-1)

Fucheng-1, an interferometric imaging synthetic aperture radar remote sensing satellite, was aboard the Lijian-1 flight for the six-satellite Mianyang constellation.

CapabilityRelationshipsPlanValue 3.8Jun 7, 2023Chinese commercial rocket firm launches 26 satellites, sets national record

The second Lijian-1 rocket, also known as ZK-1A or Kinetica-1, was the first produced at new facilities in Nansha District in Guangzhou.

GrowthPlanValue 3.6Jun 7, 2023Chinese commercial rocket firm launches 26 satellites, sets national record

The 26 payloads on the Lijian-1 flight surpassed the previous Chinese national record of 22 satellites launched by Long March 8 in 2022-02-01.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 7, 2023Chinese commercial rocket firm launches 26 satellites, sets national record

The Lijian-1 rocket has a take-off weight of 135,000 kg and a total length of 30 m.

CapabilityValue 4.2Jun 7, 2023Chinese commercial rocket firm launches 26 satellites, sets national record

A CAS Space Lijian-1 solid rocket lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 12:10 a.m. Eastern on 2023-06-07.

PlanGeneralValue 3.8Jun 7, 2023Chinese commercial rocket firm launches 26 satellites, sets national record

CAS Space uses SP70 solid rocket motors from China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation for its Lijian-1, or Kinetica-1, rockets.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 27, 2023Chinese state-owned academy makes rocket engines available to commercial space firms

CAS and the University of Science and Technology of China collaborated on the Jinan-1 satellite launched in 2022 on a Lijian-1 rocket operated by a CAS spinoff.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 10, 2023China is developing a quantum communications satellite network

CAS Space (Zhongke Aerospace), a spinoff from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, planned three PR-1 (Lijian-1) solid rocket launches in 2023 following its first successful launch in July 2022.

PlanGeneralValue 3.8Feb 13, 2023Launches of Chinese commercial rockets could double in 2023

The Lijian-1 rocket has been approved for launch from a mobile sea platform using facilities at Haiyang in Shandong province.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.2Jan 31, 2023China’s CAS Space outlines rocket series, inaugurates manufacturing facility

The first Lijian-1 rocket successfully launched six satellites into orbit in July 2021.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Jan 31, 2023China’s CAS Space outlines rocket series, inaugurates manufacturing facility

The Lijian-1 rocket has similarities with the Jielong-3 rocket developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

CapabilityValue 2.0Jan 31, 2023China’s CAS Space outlines rocket series, inaugurates manufacturing facility