Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft)

Successful maiden flight of CAS Space's Kinetica-2 medium-lift liquid rocket from Jiuquan, carrying three payloads including the 4.2-tonne New March-02 prototype cargo spacecraft developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

PO

Polar orbit

Payload to orbit

5 T

Flight

1st

Only Kinetica 2 flight

Date and time

30 March 2026, 11:00 UTC

Rocket

Kinetica 2

Builder

CAS Space

Launch site

Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Test Flight

International designator

2026-066

Launches in 2026

70th of 243

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