Kaituozhe-1 – China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

• Family: Kaituozhe
• Length: 18 m
• Diameter: 2 m
• Launch Mass: 20 T
• Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 100 kg

The Kaituozhe-1, manufactured by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation established in 1999, undertook its inaugural launch on 09/15/2001. Notably, Kaituozhe-1 has 0 successful launches and 3 failed attempts, with a cumulative tally of 3 launches, currently with 0 pending launches in the pipeline.

A small solid fueled launch vehicle based on the road mobile DF-21 IRBM with an additional upper stage.