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CAS Space plans potential recovery tests for reusable Kinetica-2 hardware at the end of 2026.
The Qingzhou cargo spacecraft will launch on a CAS Space Lijian-2 kerosene-liquid oxygen rocket expected to debut in the second half of 2025.
CAS Space announced its suborbital tourism plans in 2021.
CAS Space is a spinoff of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developing a suborbital tourism service and targeting tourist flights in 2027.
CAS Space’s Kinetica 2 is a kerolox rocket with a payload capacity of 7,800 kg to 500 km sun-synchronous orbit.
CAS Space is developing the Kinetica 2 kerolox launcher with a payload capacity of 7,800 kg to a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit.
CAS Space’s Kinetica 2 has a stated payload capacity of 7,800 kg to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
CAS Space’s Kinetica 2 is a kerosene-liquid oxygen reusable rocket with a payload capacity of 7,800 kg to a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit.
CAS Space is developing the Kinetica 2 kerolox reusable rocket with a payload capacity of 7,800 kg to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
CAS Space’s Kinetica 2 is a kerolox reusable launcher targeting a payload capacity of 7,800 kg to 500 km SSO with a debut targeted in 2025.
Multiple Chinese companies are developing reusable rockets, including iSpace’s Hyperbola-3, Landspace’s Zhuque-3, Galactic Energy’s Pallas-1, CAS Space’s Kinetica 2, Deep Blue Aerospace’s Nebula-1, and Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3.
CAS Space is aiming to launch its Kinetica-2 rocket in 2025.
CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 is a kerosene-liquid oxygen reusable launcher with a payload capacity of 7,800 kg to a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit.
Galactic Energy and CAS Space have both conducted VTVL tests using jet-powered prototypes for their Pallas-1 and Kinetica-2 launchers, respectively.
CAS Space has conducted vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) tests with a small demonstrator using jet engines to verify guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for eventual rocket first-stage recovery.
In 2023, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Landspace, Space Pioneer, CAS Space, and Expace reached orbit and collectively accounted for 16 of China’s 58 orbital launches.
In 2023, China’s commercial launch companies CAS Space, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace reached orbit.
CAS Space (Zhongke Aerospace) has begun launching the Lijian-1/Kinetica-1 solid rocket, which has capacity similar to the Kuaizhou-11.
CAS Space, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace all reached orbit in 2023.
CAS Space, Galactic Energy, iSpace, Expace, Space Pioneer, and Landspace reached orbit in 2023.