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Kinetica 1
Kinetica 1 · CAS Space · active
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.
Source: Launch Library 2 record #483
- Manufacturer
- CAS Space
- Status
- Active
- Reusable
- No
- Maiden flight
- 2022-07-27
- Height
- 30 m
- Diameter
- 2.6 m
- Liftoff mass
- 135 t
- Thrust
- 1,961 kN
- Stages
- 4
- Payload to LEO
- 2,000 kg
- Payload to GTO
- —
- Launch cost
- —
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