SpaceTY-51 & 52

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Low Earth Orbit Launch Area 95A Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

2 Earth observation radar satellites built by the Chinese satellite manufacturer SpaceTY.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 17, 2026, 3:42 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 11, 2026, 5:32 a.m.

Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.


Kuaizhou 11

Family:
Configuration: 11

The Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-11), is a planned Chinese commercial launch vehicle. Reportedly, the payload is about 1000 kg for low earth orbit and 700 kg for a sun-synchronous orbit. The three stage rocket is possibly based on the DF-31 missile. It consists of three solid-fueled stages. The principal diameter is 2.2 m and the launch weight is 78 tons. the first stage features four grid rudders. The vehicle is launched from a launch truck.

Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    ―
  • Diameter
    2.2 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    ―
  • Launch Mass
    78.0 T
  • Thrust
    ―
Family
  • Name
    Kuaizhou 11
  • Family
    ―
  • Variant
    11
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Kuaizhou 11
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    ―
  • Low Earth Orbit
    1000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    ―
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    700.0 kg

ExPace

ExPace

(EP)

CEO: Zhang Di Founded: 2016 Successes: 31 Failures: 4 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

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.

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