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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 |
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No performance specsNo structured payload capacity rows are linked to this vehicle family. | |||||
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
| Kuaizhou-2 Mission | Kuaizhou | Nov 21, 2014 |
| Kuaizhou-1 Mission | Kuaizhou | Sep 25, 2013 |
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Kuaizhou | Not stated | 2 | Retired |
The March 16 launch was the fifth Kuaizhou-11 mission and the 39th launch in the Kuaizhou series.
CASIC’s subsidiary ExPace was founded in 2016 to market the Kuaizhou series of launch vehicles based on military technology.
Today's launch was the 4th Kuaizhou-11 mission and the 38th launch of the Kuaizhou series.
This was the 31st Kuaizhou-1A mission and the 37th launch of the Kuaizhou series.
CASIC's Academy of Launch Technology is partially divesting from ExPace, the Kuaizhou Launch provider.
Expace is planning to move Kuaizhou-6 research and development to Chengdu.
CASIC and Expace presented plans for larger Kuaizhou-21 and Kuaizhou-31 solid rockets capable of carrying 20,000 kg and 70,000 kg to LEO respectively.
Expace operates Kuaizhou solid rockets for state-owned CASIC and planned seven launches of Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 rockets in 2023.
Kuaizhou solid rockets were planned to launch an 80-satellite narrowband constellation named Xingyun for CASIC and its subsidiaries.
Kuaizhou-21 will have a diameter of 4.5 m and be capable of sending 20,000 kg into low Earth orbit (LEO).
Kuaizhou solid rockets provided by Expace, a spinoff from CASIC, have previously launched multiple Jilin-1 satellites.
Commercial Kuaizhou rocket launch failures shortly after June 2020 possibly delayed the Geely demonstration satellite launches.
Expace, a commercial spin-off from CASIC, is expected to launch multiple Kuaizhou solid rockets in 2021.
Expace, a subsidiary under China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. (CASIC), launched four Kuaizhou solid rockets in 2020.
Four-meter-diameter Kuaizhou-21 and Kuaizhou-31 solid rockets are in development to carry up to 20,000 kg and 70,000 kg to LEO respectively.
CASIC plans to double the number of launches of its Kuaizhou series rockets by 2023.
Expace is developing four-meter-diameter Kuaizhou-21 and Kuaizhou-31 solid rockets designed to carry up to 20,000 kg and 70,000 kg to low Earth orbit, respectively.
Kuaizhou rockets, including the Kuaizhou-11, will be launched from a transporter erector launcher (TEL).
CASIC and subsidiary Expace claim launch costs for the Kuaizhou series of between $10,000 and $20,000 per kilogram and expect costs to fall to $5,000 per kilogram.
Expace plans to develop larger solid-fueled launchers including the Kuaizhou-11 and Kuaizhou-21 launch vehicles.