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Kinetica 1

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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.

Kinetica 1 vehicle

Specifications

Thrust
1,961 kN
Height
30 m
Diameter
2.65 m
Launch mass
135 t
Stages
4
LEO capacity
2,000 kg
SSO capacity
1,500 kg

Specifications from Launch Library. Figures the operator has not published are omitted.

Flight record

15flightswith a definitive outcome
93.3%success rate14 of 15
9success streakcurrent

Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.

Flights

5 of 15

All 15 flights