Kinetica-1 rocket

China (CAS Space)

Description & Technical Data:

Kinetica 1 launching on its third flight in 2024.
  • Kinetica 1, (also known as Lijian-1, LJ-1) is a Chinese small-lift orbital launch vehicle developed by CAS Space.
    Kinetica 1 is 30 m (98 ft) tall, 2.65 m (8 ft 8 in) in diameter and weighs 135 t (133 long tons; 149 short tons). It consists of four solid-fuel stages. It is capable of lifting 1.5 t (1.5 long tons; 1.7 short tons) to a 500 km (310 mi) Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) or 2 t (2.0 long tons; 2.2 short tons) to low Earth orbit (LEO).
  • CAS Space conducted ground tests for the four-stage Kinetica 1 in November 2021.[5] Its maiden flight was conducted from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) on 27 July 2022, sending 6 satellites into SSO.

Launch List:

Type Nr Launch Vehicle Serial Nr Launch Date L.Time L. Site ID Year Payload Comment
1 Kinetica-1Y127/07/2022 04:12 Jiuquan, LS-130 2022-087 SATec 01 (Kangjian Xinjishu Shiyan 01) 
2 Kinetica-1 Y27/06/2023 04:10:02 Jiuquan, LS-130 2023-081 Shiyan 24A/24B 
3 Kinetica-1Y323/01/2024 04:03 Jiuquan, LS-130 2024-016 Taijing-1-03 
4 Kinetica-1 Y424/09/2024 23:33 Jiuquan, LS-130 2024-174 AIRSAT 01/02 (Zhongke 01/02) 
5 Kinetica-1Y511/11/2024 04:03 Jiuquan, LS-130 2024-205 Shiyan 26A/26C 
6 Kinetica-1Y627/12/2024 01:03 Jiuquan, LS-130 2024-F05 DEAR 3 (B300-L01)Failure
7 Kinetica-1Y721/05/2025 04:00 Jiuquan, LS-130 2025-108 Taijing-3 04 
8 Kinetica-1 (Lijian-1)Y1019/08/2025 07:33 Jiuquan, LS-130 2025-180 AIRSAT 05 (Zhongke 05, Haishao 2) 
9 Kinetica-1 (Lijian-1)Y819/10/2025 03:30 Jiuquan, LS-130 2025-234 AIRSAT 03/04 
10 Kinetica-1 (Lijian-1)Y99/11/2025 03:32 Jiuquan, LS-130 2025-256 Chutian 2-01/02 
11 Kinetica-1 (Lijian-1)Y1110/12/2025 04:00 Jq, LP-43/130 2025-292 Arab Satellite 813 

Note: - All launches from Taiyuan
- All "Launch Date" and "L. Time" are in UTC time.

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