DEAR-5

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Technology

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

DEAR-5 is a commercial in-orbit payload and micro-gravity experiments hosting spacecraft developed by Chinese commercial company AZSPACE for various civilian customers, with capability to carry a maximum of 300 kg of payload for up to 1 year in orbit.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 10, 2025, 7:07 a.m.

Added launch per NOTAMs; Launch vehicle and payload identities extremely uncertain.


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 13, 2025, 2:36 a.m.

Launch success.


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: 30 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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