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Expace, a subsidiary of CASIC, operates the Kuaizhou-1A and the larger Kuaizhou-11 solid rockets.
Expace and CASIC have launched 24 Kuaizhou-1A rockets and 11 Kuaizhou-11 rockets since 2017, suffering three failures.
CASIC raised $180,000,000 in 2017 and $237,000,000 in 2022 as funding for its commercial launch efforts.
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.
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.
CASIC is developing separate commercial projects including a VLEO constellation and the Xingyun Internet of Things constellation.
CASIC plans to expand its VLEO constellation to 300 satellites by 2030.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) will begin building a constellation of 300 satellites in very-low Earth orbit (VLEO) late 2023.
CASIC’s VLEO constellation is planned to consist of 192 satellites by 2027 to provide users with space information services every half an hour.
CASIC plans to launch its first VLEO verification satellite in December.
CASIC’s launcher operator arm Expace plans a total of 8 to 10 launches of Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 rockets in 2023.
The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) is preparing to launch the first satellite for a very-low Earth orbit (VLEO) constellation.
Expace operates Kuaizhou solid rockets for state-owned CASIC and planned seven launches of Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 rockets in 2023.
A subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation won a bid to construct an ocean observation satellite ground system.
CASC’s sister state-owned defense contractor CASIC and its subsidiary Expace are planning numerous launches of the solid Kuaizhou-1A and larger Kuaizhou-11 rockets in 2023.
Kuaizhou solid rockets were planned to launch an 80-satellite narrowband constellation named Xingyun for CASIC and its subsidiaries.
CASIC has established infrastructure at Jiuquan for launches of Kuaizhou-1A and larger Kuaizhou-11 rockets using transport erector launchers.
Expace’s activities are centered at the CASIC-led 68.8-square-kilometer Wuhan National Aerospace Industrial Base.
Expace is part of CASIC’s plans to develop commercial projects including launch services, constellations, and a reusable spaceplane separate from a CASC-led initiative.
LEOBIT Technology, based in the Wuhan cluster and owned by CASIC, will operate the Xingyun constellation.