15 satellites

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Technology

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Launch Area 130 Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Launch of 15 satellites on share-ride to SSO: * Shiyan 26 A/B/C * Jilin-1 High Resolution-05B * Jilin-1 Platform-02A-03 * Yunyao-1 31-36 * Xiguang-1-04/05 * Tianyan-24 * Omani IRSS-1/OL-1

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 11, 2024, 4:47 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 11, 2024, 4:20 a.m.

Liftoff.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 8, 2024, 7:29 a.m.

Rescheduled for November 11 per NOTAMs.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 7, 2024, 4:18 a.m.

Scrubbed for the day.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 4, 2024, 7:57 a.m.

Updated launch window per NOTAMs A3749/24.


Kinetica 1

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Kinetica 1 (also known as Lijian-1, Chinese: 力箭一号) is a Chinese solid-propellant light launch vehicle. It is capable of placing about 2 tons into low earth orbit and 1.5 tons into sun-synchronous orbit. It is developed by CAS Space, a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Kinetica 1 is a light launcher whose first stage seems to be derived from the DF-31 long-range intercontinental ballistic missile. It is 30 m high and has a diameter of 2.65 m, with a liftoff mass of 135 t. It's the largest Chinese solid propellant launcher to date, with four stages with a thrust of 200, 100, 50 and 10 tons respectively. The fairing has a diameter of 3.35 meters.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    30.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.35 m
  • Launch Mass
    135.0 T
  • Thrust
    1961.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Kinetica 1
  • Family
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Kinetica 1
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    2000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    1500.0 kg

CAS Space

CAS Space

(CAS)

Founded: 2018 Successes: 5 Failures: 1 Pending: 0

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CAS Space is a spin-off company from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) that is operating and plans to operate various launch vehicles of the Zhongke series.

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