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CAS Space launched its Kinetica-1 rocket from Launch Area 130 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 15 at 11:44 am China Standard Time.

CAS Space has launched Kinetica-1 14 times and has launched 15 missions in total through its Kinetica family of launch vehicles.

Kinetica-1 became the first vehicle from a private Chinese launch provider to launch 100 satellites.

Kinetica-1 became the first vehicle developed by a private Chinese launch provider to launch 100 satellites.

Kinetica-1 is CAS Space’s first launch vehicle and has four solid-fueled stages.

Kinetica-1 flew toward a sun-synchronous orbit with several rideshare payloads for multiple operators.

Kinetica-1 is 30 meters tall on the launch pad and has first and second stages with a diameter of 2.65 meters.

Emposat provided communications support for the satellites on the Kinetica-1 mission.

The Kinetica-1 Y13 payload included Taijing-3-05A/B, Tianyi-50, Tianyan-27, and Jilin1-GF-03D-55.

CAS Space launched Kinetica-1 from Launch Area 130 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 12:33 pm China Standard Time on May 15.

Kinetica-1 Y13 was set to launch five satellites.

Kinetica-1 is CAS Space’s first launch vehicle and has four solid-fuel stages.

The May 15 flight was the 13th launch for Kinetica-1 and the 14th launch by CAS Space’s Kinetica family of launch vehicles.

Kinetica-1 has a first-stage solid rocket booster that generates 200 tons of thrust, a second stage that generates 110 tons of thrust, a third stage that generates 45 tons of thrust, and a fourth stage that generates 8 tons of thrust.

CAS Space plans to conduct Kinetica-1’s first launch from a floating platform later in 2026.

Kinetica-1 flew toward sun-synchronous orbit with customer payloads and brought CAS Space’s cumulative launch total above 100.

Kinetica-1’s cumulative satellite deployment exceeds 100 satellites.

Kinetica-1 has flown all of its missions from CAS Space’s launch facility at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

Kinetica-1 can deliver 2,000 kilograms to low Earth orbit and 1,500 kilograms to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.