ExPace Kuaizhou 1A Longjiang 3

Name: ExPace Kuaizhou 1A Longjiang 3
Start: 2023-06-09T02:35:30.000Z
Location: Launch Area 95A

Kuaizhou 1A

Status

Success

Date

9 JUN 2023

02:35

Launch Provider

ExPace

Launch Pad

Launch Area 95A

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Mission Overview

Low Earth Orbit prototype communication satellite by Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), to test a new satellite platform in the shape of a plate for future LEO communication satellite constellations uses.

Rocket

Kuaizhou 1A

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

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.

Height

19.4 m

Diameter

1.4 m

Launch Mass

30 T