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Commercial firms Galactic Energy, iSpace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace, and state-owned commercial spinoffs CAS Space and Expace, reached orbit in 2023.
Chinese commercial launch companies CAS Space, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace reached orbit in 2023.
iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace reached orbit in 2023, and Orienspace aimed to conduct its first launch with the Gravity-1 solid rocket in the second half of 2023.
CASIC’s launcher operator arm Expace plans a total of 8 to 10 launches of Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 rockets in 2023.
Expace, Landspace, iSpace, Galactic Energy, Space Pioneer, Deep Blue Aerospace, Orienspace, and Rocket Pi are all seeking to reach orbit 2023 or next.
Expace operates Kuaizhou solid rockets for state-owned CASIC and planned seven launches of Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 rockets in 2023.
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.
Expace raised $237,000,000 in June 2022 and is developing a series of larger solid rockets.
A Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket operated by Expace lifted off from Taiyuan at 6:55 p.m. Eastern on 2022-09-24, carrying the Shiyan-14 and Shiyan-15 satellites.
Expace raised $237,000,000 in a B round funding in June backed by seven undisclosed investors, surpassing Galactic Energy's funding round.
Expace previously raised $180,000,000 in an A round in 2017.
Expace’s activities are centered at the CASIC-led 68.8-square-kilometer Wuhan National Aerospace Industrial Base.
Expace’s $237,000,000 B round exceeds the $200,000,000 raised by Galactic Energy earlier in the same year.
Expace has launched 23 satellites into orbit on 13 successful Kuaizhou-1A flights since 2017.
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.
Expace launched four Kuaizhou-1A rockets in 2021 with the last launch ending in failure.
Expace has plans to launch Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 rockets but both vehicle types were grounded following failures in late 2021 and 2020 respectively.
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.
Expace achieved three successful Kuaizhou-1A launches in September, October, and November prior to the 2021-12-14 failure.