Launch Vehicle
Kinetica 1
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Specifications
- Status
- active
- Height
- 30 m
- Diameter
- 2.65 m
- Mass
- 135,000 kg
- Stages
- 4
- Thrust
- 1,961 kN
- Payload to LEO
- 2,000 kg
- First flight
- 2022-07-27
- Total launches
- 15
- Success / Fail
- 14 / 1
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.
Payloads it launched
60 loaded
2026-106C
LEO
2026-106D
LEO
2026-106B
LEO
2026-106A
LEO
2026-106E
LEO
JILIN GAOFEN OBJECT D
LEO
JILIN GAOFEN OBJECT H
LEO
JILIN GAOFEN OBJECT E
LEO
JILIN GAOFEN OBJECT A
LEO
JILIN GAOFEN OBJECT F
LEO
JILIN GAOFEN OBJECT C
LEO
JILIN GAOFEN OBJECT G
LEO
JILIN GAOFEN OBJECT B
LEO
2025-292A
LEO
2025-292C
LEO
2025-292G
LEO
2025-292D
LEO
2025-292E
LEO
2025-292J
LEO
2025-292H
LEO
THE ARAB SATELLITE 813
LEO
2025-292F
LEO
CHUTIAN-2 B
LEO
CHUTIAN-2 A
LEO
2025-234D
LEO
2025-234B
LEO
2025-234C
LEO
2025-180D
LEO
2025-180C
LEO
2025-180E
LEO
2025-180A
LEO
2025-180B
LEO
2025-108A
LEO
2025-108D
LEO
2025-108F
LEO
2025-108E
LEO
2025-108C
LEO
2025-108B
LEO
2024-205N
LEO
2024-205L
LEO
2024-205E
LEO
2024-205K
LEO
2024-205F
LEO
2024-205C
LEO
2024-205B
LEO
2024-205D
LEO
2024-205A
LEO
2024-205J
LEO
2024-205G
LEO
2024-205H
LEO
2024-205M
LEO
2024-205P
LEO
2024-205Q
LEO
XINGSHIDAI 21 (SCA-2)
LEO
OBJECT B
LEO
2024-173E
LEO
OBJECT G
LEO
2024-173A
LEO
2024-173C
LEO
2024-173D
LEO