OrganizationGOVERNMENTCONFIRMED
ExPace
ExPace
ExPace operates the Kuaizhou family of solid-fueled small-lift launch vehicles for commercial and government satellite delivery to low Earth orbit.
Legal name
ExPace
Founded
2016
Employees
11-50
Website
Location
Wuhan, China
Ownership
PRIVATE
Contract Awards
Consolidated award signal from sourced logistics events.
Award count
0
Total disclosed
Not available
Latest award
Not available
No contract award source available.
Links
Identity Trust
Computed from durable identifiers and the number of independent source systems attached to this entity.
Trust score
3/100
Confidence
Sparse
Identifier types
2
WIKIDATADOMAIN
Reference sources: Wikidata
Company News
Launch Roundup: SpaceX on pace to hit 100 launches in 2023, Soyuz to launch Bars-MNASASpaceflight / Nov 21, 2023Following a busy week for SpaceX with the launch of two Starlink missions and the second launch of Starship, SpaceX is currently on track to meet its 100 launch goal of 2023. The first launch of the week will be on Tuesday, with a Falcon 9 placing 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit (LEO). On Thursday, ExPace is expected to launch an unknown payload on its Kuaizhou 1A rocket, followed shortly by Roscosmos launching a Bars-M payload on a Soyuz 2.1a.Chinese commercial launch firm Expace raises $237 millionSpaceNews / Jun 28, 2022Chinese launch service provider Expace has secured $237 million in B round funding, following last week's return to flight of its Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket.Kuaizhou-1A experiences second launch failureNASASpaceflight / Dec 15, 2021At 02:00 UTC, or 10:00 am local time Wednesday, ExPace unsuccessfully launched a Kuaizhou-1A rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. The vehicle was launched from Site 95 at Jiuquan.Kuaizhou-1A launches Shiyan-11 technology development satelliteNASASpaceflight / Nov 25, 2021The private Chinese launch company ExPace, a subsidiary of the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), has successfully launched the Shiyan-11 technology satellite from Site 95 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia, central China.
Evidence
RESEARCH_REPORTNewSpace Index small satellite launchers
RESEARCH_REPORTNewSpace Index small satellite launchers
RESEARCH_REPORTSpaceIndex.io Firecrawl review
OFFICIALLaunch Library 2 API
RESEARCH_REPORTNew Space Tracker company directory
RESEARCH_REPORTPublic space-company lists snapshot
RESEARCH_REPORTspace.haus commercial space directory
RESEARCH_REPORTWikidata
Profile Metadata
X location
Wuhan, China
Outgoing Relationships
ExPace manufactures Kuaizhou 11 (Launch Library 2).
ExPace manufactures Kuaizhou 1A (Launch Library 2).
ExPace operates launches of Kuaizhou 11 (Launch Library 2 manufacturer).
ExPace operates launches of Kuaizhou 1A (Launch Library 2 manufacturer).
Incoming Relationships
No records available.
All Contract Awards
No records available.
Identifier Reference
WIKIDATA
Q48771107
Wikidata
DOMAIN
expace.com.cn
Wikidata