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Launch company incubated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It flies the solid-fuel Kinetica-1, one of China's busiest commercial rockets, and in 2026 debuted the larger liquid-fueled Kinetica-2.

Products, by altitude

Launch · From the pad to orbit

  • In service

    Kinetica-1

    Solid-fuel rocket that launches many small satellites at once

  • In service

    Kinetica-2

    Liquid-fueled rocket carrying about 12 tonnes to orbit

Milestones

  • Mar 2026 Kinetica-2 reached orbit on its first launch from Jiuquan, carrying a prototype cargo spacecraft among its payloads.⁠1

Sources

  1. SpaceNewsMar 30, 2026
  2. CAS Space website

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