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Kinetica 2

Active Re-Usable

CAS Space (CAS)

March 30, 2026

Description

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
52.0 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Fairing Diameter
4.2 m
Launch Mass
625.0 T
Thrust
7515.0 kN

Family

Name
Kinetica 2
Family
―
Variant
―
Alias
PR-2
Full Name
Kinetica 2

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
―
Low Earth Orbit
12000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
8000.0 kg

CAS Space

Commercial

None

CAS 2018

CAS Space is a spin-off company from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) that is operating and plans to operate various launch vehicles of the Zhongke series.

Previous Flights

flew on one previous launch(es).

Kinetica 2 | Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft)

CAS Space | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
March 30, 2026 - 11:00 UTC

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

First test launch and mission of CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 rocket, with 3 spacecraft on board: * New March 02 (Qingzhou space station cargo resupply vehicle Prototype Spacecraft) * New March 01 in-orbit experiments hosting satellite * TS-01

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