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 also plans to fly Kinetica-2 from floating platforms.
The CAS Space super factory will produce major Kinetica-2 sections including propellant tanks, inter-tank joins, interstages, and engine sections, excluding the engines.
The CAS Space super factory will test those Kinetica-2 sections on site.
The Zhejiang super factory will complement CAS Space’s existing facility in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province for Kinetica-2 production.
CAS Space plans around ten Kinetica-2 flights before the end of 2028.
Investment in the CAS Space super factory is valued at 2 billion yuan.
CAS Space plans to fly Kinetica-2 from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site after an integration facility is built there.
CAS Space plans to produce twelve Kinetica-2 launch vehicles per year at the super factory.
Construction of the CAS Space super factory began in January 2025.
CAS Space expects a Kinetica-2 launch vehicle to be completed every two months through parallel production at the super factory.
The CAS Space super factory is designed to increase production capacity for the tri-core Kinetica-2 launch vehicle.
CAS Space’s Kinetica 1 launched 8 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit at 04:03 UTC.
CAS Space delivered the Youchuyinhang satellite series for Postal Savings Bank of China on this flight.
Kinetica-1 is CAS Space’s first launch vehicle.
All of Kinetica-1’s missions have launched from CAS Space’s facility at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
At least one of the satellites launched by CAS Space’s Kinetica 1 was HR-07A-02 from the Jilin-1 Earth observation constellation.
CAS Space’s Kinetica-1 Y12 launched at 12:03 CST and delivered eight satellites into orbit.
CAS-SPACE's Kinetica-1 Y12 launched 8 satellites from Jiuquan at 04:03 UTC on April 14, 2026.
CAS Space launched its Kinetica-1 launch vehicle from Launch Area 130 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 12:03 pm China Standard Time on April 14.
Today’s launch was the 12th Kinetica-1 mission and the 13th launch for CAS Space’s Kinetica vehicle family.