NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Jielong-1

Jielong 1 is a solid-fueled orbital launch vehicle developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology's subsidiary China Rocket to launch up to 150 kg to a 700 km altitude sun-synchronous orbit. The rocket is 19.5 meters tall, 1.2 meters in diameter, and weighs 23.1 metric tons. It is a solid-fuel, 4-stage orbital rocket. The development of the rocket took 18 months (initiated in February 2018); the rocket uses propulsion technology from Chinese missile programs. The program aims to produce a launch vehicle with a launch price per mass of 30,000 USD/kg, or $6 million for the launch.

Missions: 1
Successes: 1
Partial Failures: 0
Failures: 0
Success Streak: 1
Success Rate: 100%
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Configurations

Jielong-1
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $7.5 million
Liftoff Thrust: 500 kN
Payload to LEO: 250 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 19.5 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.2 m
Fairing Height: 3.0 m

Launch Sites

Site 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
Site 9401 (SLS-2), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Launches

CASC
Jielong-1 | Apocalypse 2, Qiancheng 1 & Xingshidai 5
Sat Aug 17, 2019 04:11 UTC
Site 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China