Past launch
Launched successfully
CentiSpace-1 Group 05
Kuaizhou 11, flown by ExPace
Launches / Kuaizhou 11
Kuaizhou 11, flown by ExPace
This was ExPace's 2nd launch of 2026, and its 34th in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 143rd orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2026, and the third from Launch Area 95A.
Note: Unofficial reports indicate there may be 1 or more additional satellites that failed to separate from the upper stage, however this is not officially confirmed. Chinese commercial small satellites by Beijing-based company Future Navigation for providing GNSS augmentation signals services from LEO. They are part of a planned 160 satellites constellation.
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.
6 flights, 5 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 Launch Area 95A at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China.
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