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CAS Space (Guangzhou Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd.)

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北京中科宇航探索技术有限公司

CAS Space (Guangzhou Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd.), founded in 2018 and partially owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is a Chinese commercial space launch provider. It focuses on developing and manufacturing launch vehicles, including the Kinetica series of rockets, and aims to provide launch services, suborbital science experiments, and space tourism opportunities. CAS Space operates from its headquarters in Guangzhou, with R&D in Beijing, and has established manufacturing facilities, including a dedicated commercial launch pad, to support mass production and frequent launches.

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CAS Space is a commercial spinoff from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

RelationshipsValue 3.0Nov 23, 2025Sizing Up China's Commercial Launchers

Space Pioneer, LandSpace, and CAS Space have won contracts to launch eighteen Qianfan satellites.

RelationshipsValue 4.6Nov 20, 2025Tianlong-3 Quietly Arrives at Jiuquan Ahead of Several Reusable Rocket Debuts

CAS Space has fully fired, assembled, and shipped its Kinetica-2 rocket.

PlanValue 2.5Nov 20, 2025Tianlong-3 Quietly Arrives at Jiuquan Ahead of Several Reusable Rocket Debuts

The race to fly a reusable rocket in China's commercial space sector now includes Space Pioneer with Tianlong-3, LandSpace with Zhuque-3, Galactic Energy with Pallas-1, and CAS Space with Kinetica-2.

GeneralValue 3.6Nov 12, 2025OrienSpace, iSpace Reusable Rockets Inch Forward as 2025 Debuts Slip Away

On November 9, the private company CAS Space launched two Earth observation test satellites into LEO using the solid rocket Kinetica-1 (Lijian-1).

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Nov 11, 2025中国、ロケットの年間打ち上げ記録を更新–2日間で4機、2024年は68回

CAS Space’s Kinetica-1 lifted off from Launch Area 130 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 11:32 am China Standard Time on November 9th.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Nov 9, 2025CAS Space Delivers Test Satellites for Remote Sensing Constellation [Kinetica-1 Y9]

China's 70th launch was a CAS Space Lijian-1 from Jiuquan carrying Chutian-2 (01+02).

PlanValue 4.3Nov 9, 2025New launch record for China: country made its 69th & 70th orbital launch attempts of 2025 in the last few hours, with a CZ-11 launch from the Yellow sea, carrying Shiyan-32 (01-03), & a CAS Space Lijian-1 from Jiuquan, carrying Chutian-2 (01+02). This surpasses 2024's 68 launches

CAS-SPACE's Kinetica-1 Y9 launched the ChuTian-2-01 and ChuTian-2-02 satellites.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Nov 9, 2025🚀 Liftoff at 03:32UTC November 09, CAS-SPACE's Kinetica-1 Y9 launched ChuTian-2-01/02 from Jiuquan

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

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.2Nov 9, 2025CAS Space Delivers Test Satellites for Remote Sensing Constellation [Kinetica-1 Y9]

Kinetica-1 is CAS Space’s first launch vehicle and consists of four stages, all using solid fuel.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.8Nov 9, 2025CAS Space Delivers Test Satellites for Remote Sensing Constellation [Kinetica-1 Y9]

Today’s launch marked the 10th launch for Kinetica-1 and CAS Space.

GrowthValue 3.4Nov 9, 2025CAS Space Delivers Test Satellites for Remote Sensing Constellation [Kinetica-1 Y9]

Kinetica-1, a four-stage solid-fueled rocket developed by CAS Space, has been part of China's regular orbital launches since 2019.

GeneralCapabilityValue 4.2Oct 28, 2025Yang Yiqiang Provides Insights Into CAS Space, Kinetica Launch Vehicles

CAS Space has established and maintained fifty-nine strategic partnerships with customers and industrial supply chain partners.

RelationshipsValue 3.0Oct 28, 2025Yang Yiqiang Provides Insights Into CAS Space, Kinetica Launch Vehicles

CAS Space is pursuing a three-stage variant of its launch vehicle that uses the Kinecore-4 upper-stage engine.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5Oct 28, 2025Yang Yiqiang Provides Insights Into CAS Space, Kinetica Launch Vehicles

CAS Space's second dedicated launch pad at JSLC has been completed.

GrowthPlanValue 3.5Oct 28, 2025RT by @insomniacai163: CAS Space's second dedicated launch pad at JSLC has been completed. The new launch pad and facilities will be dedicated to Kinetica-2 launches. CAS Space now stands out as the only commercial player in the country with both solid- and liquid-propellant launch capabilities.

CAS Space's second dedicated launch pad at JSLC has been completed.

PlanGrowthValue 3.5Oct 28, 2025RT by @insomniacai163: CAS Space's second dedicated launch pad at JSLC has been completed. The new launch pad and facilities will be dedicated to Kinetica-2 launches. CAS Space now stands out as the only commercial player in the country with both solid- and liquid-propellant launch capabilities.

CAS Space's debut flight vehicle is the partially assembled Kinetica-21 two-stage launch vehicle.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.5Oct 28, 2025Yang Yiqiang Provides Insights Into CAS Space, Kinetica Launch Vehicles

CAS-SPACE has completed work on a new launch pad dedicated to its Kinetica-2 rocket.

CapabilityPlanGrowthValue 3.5Oct 28, 2025RT by @insomniacai163: CAS-SPACE has completed work on the new launch pad dedicated to its Kinetica-2 rocket, which is scheduled for a debut flight by the end of the year.

CAS Space is the only commercial player in the country with both solid- and liquid-propellant launch capabilities.

CapabilityValue 2.4Oct 28, 2025RT by @insomniacai163: CAS Space's second dedicated launch pad at JSLC has been completed. The new launch pad and facilities will be dedicated to Kinetica-2 launches. CAS Space now stands out as the only commercial player in the country with both solid- and liquid-propellant launch capabilities.

CAS-SPACE has completed work on a new launch pad dedicated to its Kinetica-2 rocket.

CapabilityPlanGrowthValue 3.0Oct 28, 2025RT by @insomniacai163: CAS-SPACE has completed work on the new launch pad dedicated to its Kinetica-2 rocket, which is scheduled for a debut flight by the end of the year.
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