Kinetica
Chinese commercial solid-fuel small-lift orbital rocket
CAS Space's Kinetica-1 has been one of China's most reliable commercial solid rockets since its 2022 debut — 13 launches by May 2026, almost all successful, delivering satellites for domestic and international customers including the first Latin American payloads on a Chinese commercial rocket.
We track every Kinetica launch.
Service since 2022
2022 to 2026
2022 first flight 2025 peak (5 launches)
- launches
- 16
- success
- 94%
- upcoming
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Kinetica launch activity
Past launches and what's coming up
- Mar 30 202611:00 UTCMar 30 202611:00 UTC
- Apr 14 202604:03 UTCApr 14 202604:03 UTC
- May 15 202604:33 UTCMay 15 202604:33 UTC
- Jun 15 202603:44 UTCJun 15 202603:44 UTC
- Jul 23 202623:33 UTCJul 23 202623:33 UTC
Full launch history
| 2026 | ||||
Jul 23, 2026 | Chenguang-1 China • Kinetica 1 | |||
Jun 15, 2026 | Jilin-1 Gaofen-04D 01-02 China • Kinetica 1 | |||
May 15, 2026 | Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D55 China • Kinetica 1 | |||
Apr 14, 2026 | Jilin-1 Gaofen-07A 02-04 China • Kinetica 1 | |||
Mar 30, 2026 | Qingzhou China • Kinetica 2 | |||
| 2025 | ||||
Dec 10, 2025 | Arab Satellite 813 China • Kinetica 1 | |||
Nov 9, 2025 | Chutian 2-01 China • Kinetica 1 | |||
Oct 19, 2025 | PRSC-HS1 China • Kinetica 1 | |||
Aug 19, 2025 | AIRSAT-05 China • Kinetica 1 | |||
May 21, 2025 | Taijing-3 04 China • Kinetica 1 | |||
| 2024 | ||||
Dec 27, 2024Failure | DEAR-3 China • Kinetica 1 | |||
Nov 11, 2024 | Jilin-1 Gaofen-05B China • Kinetica 1 | |||
Sep 24, 2024 | AIRSAT 01 China • Kinetica 1 | |||
Jan 23, 2024 | Taijing-1 03 China • Kinetica 1 | |||
| 2023 | ||||
Jun 7, 2023 | Shiyan 24A China • Kinetica 1 | |||
| 2022 | ||||
Jul 27, 2022 | SATech 01 China • Kinetica 1 | |||