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CASIC, a state-owned defense contractor separate from CASC, is developing a series of solid rockets for orbital launches and has established infrastructure at Jiuquan for launches of Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 using transport erector launchers rather than a launch pad and service structure.
Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 rockets developed by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) and its affiliates remain grounded after failures in 2021 and 2020 respectively.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) completed a factory in Wuhan last year that will eventually be capable of manufacturing 240 small satellites per year.
Tiankun-1 was launched by CASIC’s Kaituozhe-2 rocket in 2017 to test the performance of a small satellite bus.
CASIC plans a commercial satellite constellation called Xingyun comprising 80 narrowband satellites to be operated by spinoff Leobit.
The CASIC-led Wuhan National Aerospace Industrial Base covers 68.8 square kilometers, became fully operational in February 2021, and is capable of assembling and testing 20 solid rockets and producing 240 small satellites each year.
CASIC established a new industrial base in Wuhan and has capacity to manufacture LEO communications satellites.
CASIC spinoff Expace planned to launch at least 12 Xingyun satellites for CASIC’s narrowband Internet of Things constellation.
Expace, a company affiliated with CASIC, launched four Kuaizhou-1A rockets in 2021, with the last of those launches ending in failure.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. carried out four Kuaizhou-1A launches in 2021 with one failure.
CASIC planned to launch at least 12 Xingyun-2 satellites in 2022 to form the second stage of the three-stage Xingyun constellation.
CASIC stated plans to launch 12 Xingyun satellites in 2020 prior to the previous Kuaizhou-1A failure.
The CASIC-led Wuhan National Aerospace Industrial Base covers 68.8 square kilometers and became fully operational in February.
CASIC had planned to launch 12 Xingyun satellites in 2021 prior to the Kuaizhou-1A failure in 2020.
CASIC expects to launch the Xingyun-2 satellites in pairs on Kuaizhou-1A rockets operated by subsidiary Expace.
CASIC planned to launch at least 12 Xingyun-2 satellites in 2022 to form the second stage of the three-stage Xingyun constellation.
The Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket was developed by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. (CASIC) and is operated by its spinoff Expace.
CASIC plans demonstration and verification of the two-stage-to-orbit Tengyun spacecraft to be completed by 2025.
Kuaizhou solid rockets provided by Expace, a spinoff from CASIC, have previously launched multiple Jilin-1 satellites.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation is planning to launch 156 satellites under its Hongyun program and 80 satellites under its Xingyun program to achieve global coverage.