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Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-11)

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Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-11) [EXPACE]

The Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-11), is a Chinese commercial launch vehicle.

Reportedly, the payload is about 1000 kg for low earth orbit and 700 kg for a sun-synchronous orbit.

The three stage rocket is possibly based on the DF-31 missile. It consists of three solid-fueled stages. The principal diameter is 2.2 m and the launch weight is 78 tons. the first stage features four grid fins. The vehicle is launched from a launch truck.

The maiden flight was planned for 2018, but has been delayed to 2020. The maiden flight failed, when stage three did not ignite.

Version	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3
Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-11)	solid	solid	solid

Performance (kg)	LEO	LPEO	SSO	GTO	GEO	MolO	IP
Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-11)	1000		700	-	-	-	-

No:       Type:       Serial  Date          LS          Payload

 1    1   Kuaizhou-11         10.07.2020    Jq       F  Jilin-1 High Resolution-02E / CentiSpace-1 S2


Planned:

 x    x   Kuaizhou-11         xx.xx.2021    Jq          JSBT / Xiangrikui 1A / Xiangrikui 1B / Yijian Duoxing / TY 4 / Zhongwei 1


Launch sites:

Jq  = Jiuquan Space Center, Inner Mongolia, China 
We  = Wenchang Space Launch Center (WSLC), Hainan, China 
Xi  = Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China 

F       Failure
P       Partial Failure


Failures:

1: stage 3 failed to ignite