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 said that Kinetica-1 can be assembled and prepared for launch in a short time and customized to meet customer needs.
CAS Space said that ten Kinetica-1 launch vehicles are being produced per year.
CAS-SPACE's Kinetica-1 Y11 launched 9 satellites from Jiuquan at 04:03 UTC on December 10.
CAS-SPACE's Kinetica-1 Y12 launched 8 satellites from Jiuquan at 04:03 UTC on April 14, 2026.
CAS Space debuted its tri-core Kinetica-2 launch vehicle on a mission from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center that placed a prototype Qingzhou cargo spacecraft into orbit.
CAS Space expects to produce twenty Kinetica-2 launch vehicles per year after its new super factory opens in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province.
CAS Space says Kinetica-2 missions could cost 252.5 million yuan, or $37 million, once first-stage reuse is understood.
CAS Space aims to obtain reusable first stages for Kinetica-2 by 2028.
CAS Space has compared that projected Kinetica-2 mission cost to about half the cost of SpaceX’s partially reusable Falcon 9.
CAS Space is striving to achieve complete Kinetica-2 first-stage recovery on its tenth mission.
CAS Space’s new super factory in Shaoxing will complement its existing sites around Guangzhou, Guangdong province.
CAS Space has said that Kinetica-2 launch vehicles produced during 2026 and 2027 will not be recovered and will introduce reusable rocket technologies gradually.
CAS Space flew its Kinetica-1 launch vehicle four times from Launch Area 130 between August 19 and December 10.
CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 rocket completed its first launch on March 30, 2026.
CAS Space’s first Kinetica-2 launch was successful.
Derivatives of the borrowed rocket engines powered CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 on Monday and will power LM-12B soon.
Zhongke Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd.’s IPO application on the Science and Technology Innovation Board was accepted on March 31, 2026.
The Long March 10A debut flight will use CAS Space-developed Kinastra upper stage to send the satellite toward the Moon after both are placed into Earth orbit.
CAS Space was performing late development firings of the storable propellant-burning Kinecore-4 engine about two weeks before the article’s publication.
CAS Space is integrating reusable technology into the Kinetica-2 platform.