Launches / Kuaizhou 1A
Kuaizhou 1A, flown by ExPace
This was ExPace's 5th launch of 2024, and its 28th in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 232nd orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2024, and the second from Mobile Launcher Pad.
Synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellite from the Chinese Academy of Sciences to observe dynamics properties of oceans.
Kuaizhou is a family of Chinese "quick-reaction" orbital launch vehicles. Flying since 2013, Kuaizhou 1 and 1A consist of three solid-fueled rocket stages, with a liquid-fueled fourth stage as part of the satellite system.
31 flights, 28 of them successful.
ExPace
ExPace 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.
34 launches so far, 30 of them successful. The last 5 in a row went to plan.
It went up from Mobile Launcher Pad at Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China.
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