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.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 1,961 kN
- Height
- 30 m
- Diameter
- 2.65 m
- Launch mass
- 135 t
- Stages
- 4
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 2,000 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- 1,500 kg
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
Next: Kinetica 1 | Unknown Payload — July 23, 2026
- Kinetica 1 | 8 x Jilin-1 — Success
- Kinetica 1 | 5 satellites — Success
- Kinetica 1 | 8 x Jilin-1 — Success
- Kinetica 1 | 9 satellites — Success
- Kinetica 1 | Chutian-2 01 & 02 — Success