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Kaituozhe-1

Kaituozhe family · built by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation · maiden flight 2001-09-15

Profile data last updated: 2026-08-29T15:37:07.354998+00:00 | 7531-10-17

A small solid fueled launch vehicle based on the road mobile DF-21 IRBM with an additional upper stage.

Specifications

18.0 mLength
2.0 mDiameter
20 tLaunch mass
4Stages

Payload Capacity

100 kgTo LEO

Lifetime Launch Record

As reported by Launch Library 2 across this rocket's entire history, not just the launches tracked on this site.

3Total launches
0Successful
3Failed
0Upcoming

Launches Tracked on This Site

3In our archive
0.0%Success rate
Sep 15, 2002 10:30 UTCEarliest tracked
Jun 09, 2005 00:00 UTCMost recent
MissionDateStatus
Kaituozhe-1 | KT-1 satellite? Jun 09, 2005 00:00 UTC Failure
Kaituozhe-1 | Hangtian Tsinghua 1-02 Sep 16, 2003 10:30 UTC Failure
Kaituozhe-1 | Hangtian Tsinghua 1-01 Sep 15, 2002 10:30 UTC Failure

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