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ExPace · Kuaizhou 1A
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Launch Details
Launch Date
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Agency
ExPaceRocket
Kuaizhou 1A
Launch Pad
Launch Area 95A — Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Launch Window
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Launch date history
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Mission Progress
Current Stage
Orbit Insertion
Payload deployed to target orbit — primary mission success
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- Announced
Mission confirmed and added to the launch manifest
- Vehicle Integration
Rocket assembled and transported to the launch pad
- Pre-Launch Checks
Fuelling, systems checks, and final go/no-go polling
- Launch Window Open
Countdown active — T-0 within the launch window
- Liftoff
Main engines ignite and the vehicle clears the tower
- Max-Q
Maximum aerodynamic pressure on the vehicle
- MECO / Stage Separation
Main engine cutoff and first stage separates
- Second Stage Ignition
Upper stage engine ignites to continue to orbit
- Orbit Insertion
Payload deployed to target orbit — primary mission success
Launch Provider
ExPace
CommercialEPExPace is a Chinese space rocket company based in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of missileer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), a Chinese state-owned company, and serves as its commercial rocket division. ExPace is focused on small satellite launchers to low Earth orbit.
Founded2016
Total launches35
CountryCHN
Rocket & Vehicle
Kuaizhou 1A
Kuaizhou1A
Launch Pad
Launch Area 95A
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Lat 40.969
Lng 100.343
Launches from pad68
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