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Kinetica 2 | Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft)
CAS Space · Kinetica 2 · Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
CAS Space's 12th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 7,243rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Mar 30, 10:52 – Mar 30, 13:14 UTC
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Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft)
First test launch and mission of CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 rocket, with 3 spacecraft on board: * New March 02 (Qingzhou space station cargo resupply vehicle Prototype Spacecraft) * New March 01 in-orbit experiments hosting satellite * TS-01
Test Flight · Polar Orbit (PO)
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Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/30/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/30/2026 · source
Updating launch date and time based on old information of possible secondary payload. Assignment of this launch to the launch listed in this launch window is highly uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/29/2026 · source
May possibly be linked with planned launch on March 30, with high uncertainties.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/28/2026 · source
Updated planned payload information.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/21/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/1/2025 · source
Pad — Launch Area 140
Local pad time: Mar 30, 7:00 PM GMT+8
1 launches from this pad · 291 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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