ExPace


ExPace also called CASIC Rocket Technology Company, is a Chinese space rocket company based in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Its corporate compound is located at the Wuhan National Space Industry Base space industrial park. ExPace is a wholly-owned subsidiary of missileer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, a Chinese state-owned company, and serves as its commercial rocket division. ExPace is focused on small satellite launchers to low Earth orbit. ExPace was established in February 2016. ExPace was founded as a Chinese commercial rocket company.

Kuaizhou rockets

ExPace's line of Kuaizhou rockets use solid rocket motors, thus being available all the time once built, without need to fuel the rockets. The Kuaizhou rockets are based on Chinese ASAT and BMD mid-course interceptor rockets. Development on the KZ rockets started in 2009. ExPace charges about $10,000/kg for launches.
The first commercial space launch company in China, China Sanjiang Space Group Co., another subsidiary of CASIC, is planning it first launch for 2017, using ExPace's KZ-11 rocket. The KZ-11 rocket has launched but failed to reach orbit on 10 July 2020.
ExPace is in competition with several other Chinese solid rocket startups, being LandSpace, OneSpace, LinkSpace.