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Kuaizhou

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation · Kuaizhou · RETIRED

Kuaizhou is an expendable launch vehicle built by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation. It stands 11.0 m tall, first flew on 25 September 2013. It has flown 2 times with 2 successes, a success rate of 100.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height11.0 m
Diameter1.4 m
Payload to LEONOT ON FILE
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight25 September 2013
ReusableNo, expendable
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights2
Successful2
Failed0
Success rate100.0%
Landing attempts0
Landing successN/A
Scheduled0

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Kuaizhou is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

Kuaizhou in the archive

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Kuaizhou 11 Yao-2 Carrier Rocket Launch
Kuaizhou 11 Yao-2 Carrier Rocket Launch中国新闻社 · CC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
“最高”致敬：快舟一号甲运载火箭致敬武汉和医护1
“最高”致敬：快舟一号甲运载火箭致敬武汉和医护1中国新闻社 · CC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
“最高”致敬：快舟一号甲运载火箭致敬武汉和医护 2
“最高”致敬：快舟一号甲运载火箭致敬武汉和医护 2中国新闻社 · CC BY 4.0Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Kuaizhou flown?
2 times, with 2 successes and 0 failures.
What is Kuaizhou's success rate?
100.0%. That's 2 successful flights out of 2 attempts.
How much can Kuaizhou lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 doesn't list a payload figure for Kuaizhou.
Is Kuaizhou reusable?
No. Launch Library 2 lists Kuaizhou as expendable, so no stage is recovered to fly again.