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Kuaizhou


Chinese "quick-vessel" new launcher. Is though to be an all-solid launch rocket developed by Expace, a commercial launch provider part of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC).

It can lift off from mobile launch platforms and has a payload capacity of around 430 kg to a 500 km sun-synchronous orbit.

Burns solid fuel.

The Kuaizhou-11 has a larger diameter and stronger capacity with respect to the other rockets from the Kuaizhou series. It can lift a 1000 kg payload to a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 700 kilometres, or 1500 kg into Low Earth orbit. The rocket, which is reportedly based on the DF-21 missile, consists of three solid-fuelled stages.

Kuaizhou launches


# Launch id Payload Launch Date Site Type Status/Comment (orbit in perigee x apogee x inclination x period)
1 13053 DFH 126 25 Sep 2013 at 04:37 UT 1 275 x 293 km x 96.7°
2 14073 DFH 134 21 Nov 2014 at 06:37 UT 1  
3 17002 A: DFH 166
B: Jilin Lingqiao 1-03
C: DFH 167
9 Jan 2017 at 04:11 UT 1A version first flight
First commercial launch
4 17012 Tiankun 1 2 Feb 2017 at 25:53 UT 2  
5 18075 DFH 202 29 Sep 2018 at 04:13 UT 1A 697 x 710 km
6 19058 A: DFH 223 (Xaioxiang 1-07)
B: DFH 224 (KX-09)
30 Aug 2019 at 23:41 UT 1A  
7 19075 Jilin 1 Gaofen 02A 13 Nov 2019 at 03:40 UT 1A  
8 19077 A: KL Alpha A
B: KL Alpha B
17 Nov 2019 at 10:00 UT 1A  
9 19086 Jilin 1 Gaofen 02B 7 Dec 2019 at 02:55 UT 1A 532 x 545 km x 97.54°
10 19087 Head 2A & 2B
Tianqi 4A & 4B
2 x Tiangyi
7 Dec 2019 at 08:52 UT 1A 495 x 510 km x 97.52°
11 20004 Yinhe 1 16 Jan 2020 at 03:02 UT 1A 621 x 637 km x 86.4°
12 20028 Xingyun 2-01 & 2-02 12 May 2020 at 01:16 UT 1A 162 x 958 km
13 n/a Jilin 1 Gaofen 02E aka Bilibilisat
Centispace 1-s2 aka Xiangrikui 2
10 Jul 2020 at 04:17 UT 11 failure of the 2nd or 3rd stage
maiden flight
14 n/a Jilin 1 Gaofen 02C 12 Sep 2020 at 05:02 UT 1A failure
15 21086 Jilin 1 Gaofen 02D 27 Sep 2021 at 06:19 UTC 1A  
16 21097 Jilin 1 Gaofen 02F 27 Oct 2021 at 06:19 UTC 1A  
17 21112 DFH 287 24 Nov 2021 at 23:41 UTC 1A  
18 n/a 2x Geesat (from Geespace, a subsidiary of Geely) 15 Dec 2021 at 02:00 UTC 1A Failure of the 3rd stage
19 22066 Tianxing 1 22 Jun 2022 at 02:08 UTC 1A  
20 22102 Chuangxin 16A 23 Aug 2022 at 02:36 UTC Xi 1A  
21 22108 Centispace 1-S3 and 1-S4 6 Sep 2022 at 02:24 UTC 1A  
22 22118 DFH 304
DFH 305
24 Sep 2022 at 22:55 UTC 1A  
23 22164 Xingyun Jiaotong VDES 7 Dec 2022 at 01:15 UTC 11  
24 23039 Tianmu 1-03 to 1-06 22 Mar 2023 at 09:09 UTC 1A  
25 23082 Longjiang 3 9 Jun 2023 at 02:35 UTC 1A  
26 23101 Tianmu 1-07 to 1-10 20 Jul 2023 at 03:20 UTC 1A  
27 23121 Head 3A to 3E 14 Aug 2023 at 05:32 UTC Xi 1A  
28 23205 Tianmu 1-11 to 1-14 25 Dec 2023 at 01:00 UTC 1A  
29 23208 Tianmu 1-19 to 1-22 27 Dec 2023 at 06:50 UTC 1A  
30 24004 Tianmu 1-15 to 1-18 5 Jan 2024 at 11:20 UTC 1A  
31 24008 Tianxing 1-02 11 Jan 2024 at 03:52 UTC 1A  
Notes: J: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, T: Taiyun Satellite Launch Center, Xi: Xichang Satellite Launch Center

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