Kaituozhe-1 (KT-1)
The Kaituozhe-1 (KT-1) launcher was a small, solid fueled launch vehicle, which was based on the road mobile DF-21 IRBM with an additional upper stage.
KT-1 was developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASIC).
It has the capability to launch a small 100 kg into a low earth orbit. Possibly it is also the launch vehicle for the chinese ASAT system, which was tested against an old chinese weather satellite in 2007.
The Kaituozhe-1 launcher appears to have been cancelled after two unsuccessful launches. A third and fourth launch have been rumored, but are not confirmed.
| Version | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KT-1 | ? | ? | SpaB-100 | SpaB-65 |
| Performance (kg) | LEO | LPEO | SSO | GTO | GEO | MolO | IP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KT-1 | 100 | - | - | - | - |
No: Type: Date LS Payload
1 Kaituozhe-1 15.09.2002 F TY PS 1 ? 2 Kaituozhe-1 16.09.2003 F TY PS 2 Launch sites: TY = Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC), Wuzhai, Shanxi, China China Failures: Flight 1: reportedly stage 2 failed Flight 2: possibly stage 4 underperformed