Tianxing-1
Kuaizhou 1A
ExPace
Location
Unknown Pad
Jiuquan, People’s Republic of China
183 rockets have launched from Jiuquan, People’s Republic of China.
Rocket
Kuaizhou-1A – ExPace
- Family: Kuaizhou
- Length: 19.4 m
- Diameter: 1.4 m
- Launch Mass: 30 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 300 kg
The Kuaizhou-1A was manufactured by ExPace with the first launch on 2017-01-09. Kuaizhou-1A has 16 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 18 launches. 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.
Agency
ExPace – EP
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: EP
- Administration: CEO: Zhang Di
- Founded: 2016
- Country: CHN
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.
Well done to our Chinese space friends what ever was launched did happen, to bad we could not see the launch .