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The mission carried a 4.2-ton prototype cargo craft and two other satellites as China pushes low-cost, reusable launch systems.
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China's new commercial rocket Kinetica-2 completes maiden mission
China's commercial space company CAS Space on Monday successfully debuted its Kinetica-2 carrier rocket, a medium-lift liquid-fueled vehicle, from the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone in northwest China.Featuring a common booster core
China’s Kinetica-2 rocket debuts successfully, sending prototype cargo spacecraft to orbit
Chinese firm CAS Space successfully reached orbit with the first launch of its Kinetica-2 launch vehicle Monday, with a prototype cargo spacecraft among the payloads. The post China’s Kinetica-2 rocket debuts successfully, sending prototype cargo spacecraft to orbit appeared first on SpaceNews.
China Launch of Test Cargo Ship
The first Kinetica-2 launch vehicle (LiJian-2 Y1) was launched from the “Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Experimental Zone” at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, on March 30, 2026. According to official sources, the mission “The Global Capital of Textile” successfully placed into their target orbits: the Qingzhou prototype cargo spacecraft, also known as the New […]
China CAS Space's New Commercial Kinetica-2 Rocket Launches Three Satellites
China CAS Space's New Commercial Kinetica-2 Rocket Launches Three Satellites🚀Announcing the success of a China CAS Space Kinetica-2 rocket on its first flight. A Kinetica-2 Y1 rocket launched on March 30, 2026, from the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone in Northwest China. It has delivered three satellites into space—the New March 01 Technology Demonstration Satellite, the New March 02 Satellite, and TS 01 Educational Satellite in…
The Chinese company CAS Space has today successfully launched its first Kinetica 2 rocket. The Kinetica 2, also known as Lijian-2, which comes to mean powerful Rocket 2, is a 53 meter high two-stage rocket with a diameter of 3.32 meters, although the protective cofia reaches 4.2 meters. Its engines operate with liquid oxygen and kerosene. Its ability to low Earth orbit (LEO) is 12 tons, while it reaches 7.8 for a launch to a synchronous orbit to…
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