KT-1 (Kaituozhe-1)

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KT-1

The KT-1 (Kaitouzhe-1) launcher is a small, solid fueled launch vehicle, which is based on the road mobile DF-21 IRBM with an additional upper stage. It has the capability to launch a small 100 kg into a low earth orbit. Possibly it is the launch vehicle for the chinese ASAT system, which was tested against an old chinese weather satellite in 2007.

Version	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
KT-1	?	?	SpaB-100	SpaB-65

Performance (kg)	LEO	LPEO	SSO	GTO	GEO	MolO	IP
KT-1		100		-	-	-	-

No:   Type:             Date          LS    Payload

 1    KT-1              15.09.2002  F TY    PS 1 ?
 2    KT-1              16.09.2003  F TY    PS 2

TY      Tai Yuan (Wuzhai)

Flight 1: reportedly stage 2 failed
Flight 2: possibly stage 4 underperformed