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Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
| 2027 | 0 | 1 |
| 2028 | 0 | 1 |
| 2029 | 0 | 1 |
| 2030 | 0 | 1 |
| 2031 | 0 | 1 |
| 2032 | 0 | 1 |
| 2033 | 0 | 1 |
| 2034 | 0 | 1 |
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kuaizhou-1A | SSO | 200 kg | Unknown | Unknown | RocketLaunch.org Kuaizhou-1A vehicle overview |
Kuaizhou-1A E | SSO | 200 kg | Unknown | Unknown | RocketLaunch.org Kuaizhou-1A vehicle overview |
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
| Jiaotong VDES A/B | Kuaizhou-1A E | Dec 5, 2025 |
| PRSS | Kuaizhou-1A E | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Haishao-1 Mission | Kuaizhou-1A E | Dec 4, 2024 |
| Tianqi 29-32 |
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Kuaizhou-1A | Not stated | 27 | Active |
Kuaizhou-1A E | Not stated | 3 | Active |
| 2035 | 0 | 1 |
| 2036 | 0 | 1 |
| 2037 | 0 | 1 |
| 2038 | 0 | 1 |
| 2039 | 0 | 1 |
| 2040 | 0 | 1 |
| 2041 | 0 | 1 |
1 launch location represented.
| Year | Location | Launches | Confidence | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2027 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2028 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2029 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2030 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2031 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2032 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2033 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2034 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2035 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2036 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2037 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2038 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2039 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2040 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
| 2041 | China inland launch centers | aggregate | 1 | 30% | Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot. |
Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Kuaizhou-1A |
| Sep 20, 2024 |
| Tianxing-1 02 Mission | Kuaizhou-1A | Jan 11, 2024 |
| Tianmu-1 15-18 | Kuaizhou-1A | Jan 5, 2024 |
| Tianmu-1 19-22 | Kuaizhou-1A | Dec 27, 2023 |
| Tianmu-1 11-14 | Kuaizhou-1A | Dec 25, 2023 |
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Kuaizhou 1A family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Expace launched an upgraded Kuaizhou-1A rocket at 11:46 p.m. Eastern on 2024-12-03 (0546 UTC, 2024-12-04) from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China.
The payload on the upgraded Kuaizhou-1A launch was Haishao-1, also referred to as CAS Satellite-8.
The upgraded Kuaizhou-1A increased its sun-synchronous orbit capacity to 700 km altitude from 200 kg to over 300 kg.
The upgraded Kuaizhou-1A increased its payload capacity to low Earth orbit from 300 kg to 450 kg.
China launched the TJS-13 satellite on a Long March 3B rocket from Xichang one day before the upgraded Kuaizhou-1A launch.
The upgraded Kuaizhou-1A launch was China’s 61st orbital launch attempt of 2024.
The Kuaizhou-1A rocket carrying Tianxing-1 02 lifted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gobi Desert at 11:52 a.m. Beijing Time on 2024-01-11.
China launched the Tianxing-1 02 satellite into space atop a Kuaizhou-1A carrier rocket on 2024-01-11.
China launched four Tianmu-1 GNSS radio occultation satellites on 2024-01-05 using an Expace Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket.
The Beidou launch on 2023-12-25/26 followed a 2023-12-24 launch of four Tianmu-1 meteorological satellites on a Kuaizhou-1A from Jiuquan and a 2023-12-25 launch of three Shiyan-24C experimental satellites on a Long March 11 from a mobile sea platform off Guangdong province.
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.
China launched a Kuaizhou-1A light-lift solid rocket from Xichang at 1:32 a.m. Eastern (0532 UTC) on 2023-08-14 carrying five HeDe-3 (A–E) ship and traffic AIS tracking satellites for HEAD Aerospace.
China conducted at least 36 orbital launches in 2023 by 2023-08-14, with the 2023-08-14 Kuaizhou-1A mission counted as the 36th launch.
Expace, a spinoff of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), provided the Kuaizhou-1A rocket used to launch the HeDe-3 A–E satellites.
A Kuaizhou-1A rocket lifted off from a transporter erector launcher at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 10:35 p.m. on 2023-06-08.
CASIC’s launcher operator arm Expace plans a total of 8 to 10 launches of Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 rockets in 2023.
Tianxing-1 was launched on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket in June 2022.
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.