Rocket
Kinetica 1
CAS Space · China
Kinetica 1 (also known as Lijian-1, Chinese: 力箭一号) is a Chinese solid-propellant light launch vehicle. It is capable of placing about 2 tons into low earth orbit and 1.5 tons into sun-synchronous orbit. It is developed by CAS Space, a subsidiary of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Kinetica 1 is a light launcher whose first stage seems to be derived from the DF-31 long-range intercontinental ballistic missile. It is 30 m high and has a diameter of 2.65 m, with a liftoff mass of 135 t. It's the largest Chinese solid propellant launcher to date, with four stages with a thrust of 200, 100, 50 and 10 tons respectively. The fairing has a diameter of 3.35 meters.
- Manufacturer
- CAS Space
- First flight
- July 27, 2022
- Launches
- 16
- Successful
- 15
- Failed
- 1
- Success rate
- 93.8%
- Height
- 30 m
- Diameter
- 2.65 m
- Liftoff mass
- 135 t
- Payload to low Earth orbit
- 2,000 kg
- Reusable
- no