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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’s Kinetica 2 is a kerolox rocket with a payload capacity of 7,800 kg to 500 km sun-synchronous orbit.
CAS Space is developing the Kinetica 2 kerolox launcher with a payload capacity of 7,800 kg to a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit.
CAS Space’s Kinetica 2 has a stated payload capacity of 7,800 kg to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
CAS Space’s Kinetica 2 is a kerosene-liquid oxygen reusable rocket with a payload capacity of 7,800 kg to a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit.
CAS Space is developing the Kinetica 2 kerolox reusable rocket with a payload capacity of 7,800 kg to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
CAS Space’s Kinetica 2 is a kerolox reusable launcher targeting a payload capacity of 7,800 kg to 500 km SSO with a debut targeted in 2025.
Multiple Chinese companies are developing reusable rockets, including iSpace’s Hyperbola-3, Landspace’s Zhuque-3, Galactic Energy’s Pallas-1, CAS Space’s Kinetica 2, Deep Blue Aerospace’s Nebula-1, and Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3.
CAS Space is aiming to launch its Kinetica-2 rocket in 2025.
CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 is a kerosene-liquid oxygen reusable launcher with a payload capacity of 7,800 kg to a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit.
Galactic Energy and CAS Space have both conducted VTVL tests using jet-powered prototypes for their Pallas-1 and Kinetica-2 launchers, respectively.
CAS Space has conducted vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) tests with a small demonstrator using jet engines to verify guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for eventual rocket first-stage recovery.
In 2023, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Landspace, Space Pioneer, CAS Space, and Expace reached orbit and collectively accounted for 16 of China’s 58 orbital launches.
In 2023, China’s commercial launch companies CAS Space, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace reached orbit.
CAS Space (Zhongke Aerospace) has begun launching the Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 solid rocket, which has capacity similar to the Kuaizhou-11.
CAS Space, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace all reached orbit in 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.
Commercial firms Galactic Energy, iSpace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace, and state-owned commercial spinoffs CAS Space and Expace, reached orbit in 2023.