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The vast majority of China’s 2021 orbital launches were conducted using Long March rockets, with additional launches by commercial firms Expace, iSpace, and Galactic Energy.
CASIC expects to launch the Xingyun-2 satellites in pairs on Kuaizhou-1A rockets operated by subsidiary Expace.
Expace and iSpace conducted four commercial launches in 2021, two each, using Hyperbola-1 solid rockets.
Expace’s efforts to launch a second Kuaizhou-1A rocket 2021 have been affected by a COVID-19 outbreak.
The Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket was developed by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. (CASIC) and is operated by its spinoff Expace.
Kuaizhou-1A and Kuaizhou-11 vehicles had been grounded following failures in 2020, and Expace commenced final assembly of both a Kuaizhou-1A and a Kuaizhou-11 in 2021.
Kuaizhou solid rockets provided by Expace, a spinoff from CASIC, have previously launched multiple Jilin-1 satellites.
Chinese commercial companies planning launches in 2021 include Landspace, iSpace, Deep Blue Aerospace, Expace and CAS Space.
Other Chinese state-owned and commercial companies planning launches in 2021 include Landspace, iSpace, Deep Blue Aerospace, Expace, and CAS Space.
State-owned spinoffs China Rocket and Expace, and private companies Galactic Energy, iSpace, OneSpace, Deep Blue Aerospace, and Landspace are planning launches 2021.
State-owned spinoff China Rocket Co. Ltd. and Expace and CAS Space are planning launches 2021.
Commercial Chinese launch providers China Rocket Co. Ltd., Expace, Galactic Energy, CAS Space, Deep Blue Aerospace, and Landspace were planning launches in 2021.
Expace, a commercial spin-off from CASIC, is expected to launch multiple Kuaizhou solid rockets in 2021.
Expace, a subsidiary under China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. (CASIC), launched four Kuaizhou solid rockets in 2020.
Chinese commercial launch providers Expace, Landspace, and iSpace previously secured funding rounds of up to $175 million, $175 million, and $173,000,000 respectively.
Landspace’s $175,000,000 Series C+ round matches the funding amount of Expace, a launch service provider owned by CASIC.
Expace is developing four-meter-diameter Kuaizhou-21 and Kuaizhou-31 solid rockets designed to carry up to 20,000 kg and 70,000 kg to low Earth orbit, respectively.
The Kuaizhou-11 is a larger version of the Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket operated by Expace.
Expace operates the Kuaizhou-11 and operates the smaller Kuaizhou-1A for commercial launches.
Expace launched a pair of 93-kilogram Xingyun-2 (01, 02) satellites into 557 x 573-kilometer orbits from Jiuquan on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket.