航天科工火箭技术有限公司
ExPace, also known as CASIC Rocket Technology Company, is a Chinese state-owned commercial launch provider and a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC). Founded in 2016, ExPace focuses on providing cost-effective launch services for small satellites to low Earth orbit, primarily using its Kuaizhou (KZ) series of solid-fueled rockets. The company is developing reusable methane-liquid oxygen rockets and aims to compete with other commercial space companies by offering rapid and responsive launch capabilities.
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In 2023, China’s commercial launch companies CAS Space, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace reached orbit.
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.
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.
CASIC raised $180,000,000 in 2017 and $237,000,000 in 2022 as funding for its commercial launch efforts.
CAS Space, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace all reached orbit in 2023.
Commercial Chinese launch companies Landspace, Space Pioneer, Galactic Energy, iSpace, and Expace have all reached orbit 2023.
CAS Space, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace reached orbit in 2023.
The group of Chinese commercial launch firms had launched 11 times in 2023, surpassing the total of 10 missions conducted by Expace, CAS Space, China Rocket, Galactic Energy, and iSpace in 2022.
Six firms—Galactic Energy, iSpace, Landspace, Space Pioneer, CAS Space, and Expace—reached orbit in 2023.
Chinese commercial launch companies Galactic Energy, iSpace, Space Pioneer, Landspace, CAS Space, and Expace had all reached orbit in 2023.
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.
Commercial firms Galactic Energy, iSpace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace, and state-owned commercial spinoffs CAS Space and Expace, reached orbit in 2023.
CASIC is developing separate commercial projects including a VLEO constellation and the Xingyun Internet of Things constellation.
Chinese commercial launch companies CAS Space, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace reached orbit in 2023.
CASIC plans to launch its first VLEO verification satellite in December.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) will begin building a constellation of 300 satellites in very-low Earth orbit (VLEO) late 2023.
CASIC plans to expand its VLEO constellation to 300 satellites by 2030.
CASIC’s VLEO constellation is planned to consist of 192 satellites by 2027 to provide users with space information services every half an hour.
iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace reached orbit in 2023, and Orienspace aimed to conduct its first launch with the Gravity-1 solid rocket in the second half of 2023.