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.
Type: Commercial
Successful Launch / Total Launch: 10 / 11
Number of launch attempt this year: 0
Launchers: Zhongke
Spacecraft: -
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Successful Launch / Total Launch : 0 / 0
Height: 52.0 m
Diameter: 3.35 m
Liftoff Mass: 625 t
Liftoff Thrust: 7515 kN
Cost: - €
LEO / GTO capacity: 12000 kg / - kg
Apogee: - km
1st flight: -
First test launch and mission of CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 rocket and Qingzhou cargo resupply spacecraft for future cargo transport to the Chinese Tiangong Space Station under a commercial contract from the CMSEO.
Type: Test Flight
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Window: 2026-03 NDY
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Launches from the pad this year / Total launches from the pad: 0 / 0
Total launches from the location: 278
Timezone: Asia/Shanghai