Chuangxin-16

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Low Earth Orbit Mobile Launcher Pad Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

2 satellites of unknown purposes built by Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 23, 2022, 3:20 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 22, 2022, 2:24 a.m.

24 hours slip per NOTAMs


Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 18, 2022, 6:22 a.m.

Added launch per NOTAMs; launch vehicle and payload very uncertain.


Kuaizhou 1A

Family:
Configuration: 1A

Kuaizhou is a family of Chinese "quick-reaction" orbital launch vehicles. Flying since 2013, Kuaizhou 1 and 1A consist of three solid-fueled rocket stages, with a liquid-fueled fourth stage as part of the satellite system.

Specifications
  • Stages
    4
  • Length
    19.4 m
  • Diameter
    1.4 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    1.4 m
  • Launch Mass
    30.0 T
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Kuaizhou 1A
  • Family
  • Variant
    1A
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Kuaizhou 1A
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    300.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    250.0 kg

ExPace

ExPace

(EP)

CEO: Zhang Di Founded: 2016 Successes: 28 Failures: 4 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

ExPace is a Chinese space rocket company based in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of missileer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), a Chinese state-owned company, and serves as its commercial rocket division. ExPace is focused on small satellite launchers to low Earth orbit.

WIKI

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Mobile Launcher Pad


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Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
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1 week, 3 days ago
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Long March 7A
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201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

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Long March 4B
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