Launch Vehicles

Kuaizhou-1A

China

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General Reference

Space and Astronomy Atlas. "Kuaizhou-1A." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/launch-vehicles/kuaizhou-1a.

APA Style

Space and Astronomy Atlas. (n.d.). Kuaizhou-1A. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/launch-vehicles/kuaizhou-1a

BibTeX

@misc{spaceandastronomyatlas-kuaizhou-1a,
  author = {Space and Astronomy Atlas},
  title = {Kuaizhou-1A},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-space.interactiveatlas.org/launch-vehicles/kuaizhou-1a},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

A small, solid-fueled Chinese launch vehicle originally derived from a mobile anti-satellite/rapid-response military rocket design, later commercialized to launch small satellites for domestic and foreign customers under China's growing commercial space sector.

Facts

Vehicle Class

Light-lift solid-fuel expendable launch vehicle 1

Manufacturer

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (Expace) 1

First Flight Date

2017-01-09 1

Status

Operational, flown regularly for small commercial payloads. 1

Sources

1. Encyclopedia Astronautica

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