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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.
The Kuaizhou-1A first launched in January 2017 and had flown four successful flights since June 2022 following a return-to-flight after a second launch failure in December 2021.
A Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket operated by Expace lifted off from Taiyuan at 6:55 p.m. Eastern on 2022-09-24, carrying the Shiyan-14 and Shiyan-15 satellites.
Failures of Kuaizhou-1A in 2020 and 2021 and the loss of the only flight of Kuaizhou-11 have apparently delayed the Xingyun project.
The first Kuaizhou-1A launch took place in January 2017 and the rocket had flown 17 times overall by this launch.
A Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 10:24 p.m. Eastern on 2022-09-05.
The Kuaizhou-1A rocket launched from Xichang spaceport for the first time in August 2022.
CASIC has established infrastructure at Jiuquan for launches of Kuaizhou-1A and larger Kuaizhou-11 rockets using transport erector launchers.
Expace has launched 23 satellites into orbit on 13 successful Kuaizhou-1A flights since 2017.
A Kuaizhou-1A rocket launched the Tianxing-1 satellite into orbit on 2022-06-21 at 10:08 p.m. Eastern (0208 UTC 2022-06-22).
The first Kuaizhou-1A launch took place in January 2017.
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.
A pair of Geespace satellites were lost on a December 2021 Kuaizhou-1A launch following the rocket’s return to flight.
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-1A is capable of delivering 200 kg to a 700-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit and has flown 14 times.
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.
Expace launched four Kuaizhou-1A rockets in 2021 with the last launch ending in failure.
Commercial Chinese launch vehicles active during 2016–2021 included Smart Dragon-1, Kuaizhou-1A, Hyperbola-1, and Ceres-1.
Expace, a company affiliated with CASIC, launched four Kuaizhou-1A rockets in 2021, with the last of those launches ending in failure.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. carried out four Kuaizhou-1A launches in 2021 with one failure.
The first Kuaizhou-1A launch took place in January 2017.