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Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A)
Kuaizhou-1A (Xingyun-2) [EXPACE]
The Kuaizhou-1 launcher, developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASIC), is a small, solid fueled launch vehicle, which is possibly based on the road mobile DF-21 IRBM with two additional upper stages.
The Kuaizhou-1 vehicle consits of three solid fueled stages and a fourth liquid fueled stage.
The vehicle is reportedly designed for quick-reaction launches and can reportedly place 400 kg into orbit. The payload of Kuaizhou-1 is integrated with the upper stage.
A commercial variant is offered under the designation Fei Tian 1 (FT-1). This one offers a separable payload and a larger payload fairing. Another version, Kuaizhou-1A appears to be similar, also offering separable payloads. Possibly, these names refer both to the same version.
→ complete list of all Kuaizhou-1 flights
| Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuaizhou-1A | 400 | - | - | - | - |
No: TNr: Type: Serial Date LS Payload
4 1 Kuaizhou-1A Y1 09.01.2017 Jq LP-43/95B Jilin-1 Shipin-03 / Xingyun S1 / Kaidun 1 5 2 Kuaizhou-1A Y8 29.09.2018 Jq LP-43/95B CentiSpace-1 S1 6 3 Kuaizhou-1A Y10 30.08.2019 Jq LP-43/95B Taizhi 1 (KX 09) / TY 1-07 (Xiaoxiang 1-07) 7 4 Kuaizhou-1A Y11 13.11.2019 Jq LP-43/95B Jilin-1 Gaofen-02A 8 5 Kuaizhou-1A Y7 17.11.2019 Jq LP-43/95B KL-Alpha A / KL-Alpha B 9 6 Kuaizhou-1A Y2 07.12.2019 TY Jilin-1 Gaofen-02B 10 7 Kuaizhou-1A Y12 07.12.2019 TY LC-16 HEAD 2A / HEAD 2B / TY 16 / TY 17 / Tianqi 4A / Tianqi 4B 11 8 Kuaizhou-1A Y9 16.01.2020 Jq LP-43/95B Yinhe 1 12 9 Kuaizhou-1A Y6 12.05.2020 Jq LP-43/95B Xingyun-2 01 / Xingyun-2 02 13 10 Kuaizhou-1A Y3 12.09.2020 F Jq LP-43/95B Jilin-1 Gaofen-02C 14 11 Kuaizhou-1A Y4 27.09.2021 Jq LP-43/95B Jilin-1 Gaofen-02D 15 12 Kuaizhou-1A Y5 27.10.2021 Jq LP-43/95B Jilin-1 Gaofen-02F 16 13 Kuaizhou-1A Y13 24.11.2021 Jq LP-43/95B SY 11 17 14 Kuaizhou-1A Y16 15.12.2021 F Jq LP-43/95B GeeSAT-1 01 / GeeSAT-1 02 18 15 Kuaizhou-1A Y17 22.06.2022 Jq LP-43/95B Tianxing 1 19 16 Kuaizhou-1A Y. 23.08.2022 Xi CX 16A / CX 16B 20 17 Kuaizhou-1A Y. 06.09.2022 Jq LP-43/95B CentiSpace-1 S3 / CentiSpace-1 S4 21 18 Kuaizhou-1A Y. 24.09.2022 TY SY 14 / SY 15 22 19 Kuaizhou-1A Y19 22.03.2023 Jq LP-43/95B Tianmu-1 03, ..., 06 23 20 Kuaizhou-1A Y20 09.06.2023 Jq LP-43/95B Longjiang 3 Planned: xx xx Kuaizhou-1A Y. xx.xx.2023 Jq LP-43/95B HEAD 2C / HEAD 2D Failures: 13: Stage 4 failure 17: ? Launch sites: Jq = Jiuquan Space Center, Inner Mongolia, ChinaTY = Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC), Wuzhai, Shanxi, China
