Lijian-1 (ZK-1A) Launch Vehicle Flight History 
                by Variant/Year (2020-2023)
         by:  Ed Kyle, Last Update: January 23, 2024
    
        L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures)  
          
       Lijian-1                                      Grand
                                                     Total
Year     L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F) 
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2020      -          -          -          -          -     
2021      -          -          -          -          -      
2022     1(0)        -          -          -         1(0)
2023     1(0)        -          -          -         1(0)
2024     1(0)        -          -          -         1(0)
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       Lijian-1                                      Grand
                                                     Total
         L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F)       L(F)    
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Suborb    -          -          -          -          -     
Orbit    3(0)        -          -          -         3(0) 
Total    3(0)        -          -          -         3(0)
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                     Vehicle Configurations

==================================================================
              Payload          Config.          Height     Mass 
              (tonnes)                         (meters)   (tonnes)
      (1) 200 km x 40 deg                     
      (2) 500 km x 98 deg     
==================================================================
Lijian 1    1.5 t (1)          4-stg solid      31 m        135 t   
            2.0 t (2)         
==================================================================


                      Vehicle Components          
  	
                 Stg 1   Stg 2      Stg 3       Stg 4     PLF   
==================================================================
Diameter (m)     2.65  	 2.65  	    ~2           ~2       2.65 
Length (m)       
Mp (tonnes) 	     	  	 
GLOW (tonnes) 	  	  	 
Propellant 	 Solid   Solid      Solid      Solid 
                                               +liquid 
                                               verniers
T (SL tonnes) 	 200   	  	      
T (VAC tonnes) 	         100        50         10
ISP (Vac sec) 	 
Burn Time (sec)            	  	 
Engines/Motors   1        1         1          1 +4 
                                               liquid
                                               verniers  
Engine 	        	  	 
Mfgr                
==================================================================





                LIJIAN 1 (ZK-1A) LAUNCH HISTORY
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DATE     VEHICLE   ID  PAYLOAD              MASS(t) SITE*   ORBIT*
==================================================================
07/24/22 Lijian 1  Y1 SATech 01 +5nsats      1.5   JQ 43/130  SSO
06/07/23 Lijian 1  Y2 Shiyan 24A/B +24nsats        JQ 43/130  SSO
01/23/24 Lijian 1  Y3 5xTaijing                    JQ 43/130  SSO
==================================================================

NOTES by Vehicle ID

[Y1] 0412 UTC.  Inaugural launch of 4-stage solid fuel rocket.  
     6 sats.

[Y2] 0410 UTC.  26 sats to 500 km SSO.

[Y3] 0403 UTC.  524x542 km x 97.52 deg.  Taijing 1-03, 2-02, 
     2-04, 3-02, 4-03.
          


*ABBREVIATIONS

SITE

JQ:  Jiquin Satellite Launch Center 

ORBIT

LEO:  LOW EARTH ORBIT
LEO/S:  SUN SYNCHRONOUS LOW EARTH ORBIT
SUB:  SUB-ORBITAL MISSION
[FTO]:  FAILED TO ORBIT
[LEO]:  UNPLANNED LEO



  
                  SPACE LAUNCH REPORT
               CAS Space Lijian 1 (ZK-1A)
            China Solid Fuel Smallsat Launcher
                      by:  Ed Kyle

CAS Space, spun off from state-owned Chinese Academy of Sciences, 
developed Lijian 1 (ZK-1A) to serve the small satellite market.  
It is a four-stage solid propellant launch vehicle able to boost 
1.5 tonnes to a 500 km sun synchronous orbit, or 2 tonnes to a 
200 km x 40 deg orbit.  It became China's most powerful solid 
propellant launcher with a successful inaugural launch on 
July 27, 2022 from Jiquan Satellite Launch Center.  New Launch 
Pad 43/130 at Jiquan hosted the launch.



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