Beijing Zhongke Aerospace Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. is the first domestic aerospace enterprise with mixed ownership, and it is also the target enterprise that Oriental Aerospace Port focuses on introducing. Relying on the scientific research strength and resource advantages of the Institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Aerospace Flight Technology Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Aerospace Science and Technology has been committed to the research and development and integration of space technology and aerospace vehicles as a platform for the transformation of major national scientific research projects, as well as the transformation and provision of technological achievements. Aerospace launch service. The Lijian-1 rocket project also adds a brand-new name card to the Oriental Space Port, which will surely promote the construction of the Oriental Space Port to take a solid step forward.
The LiJian-1 Y15 carrier rocket successfully rolled off the production line and is scheduled to launch five satellites in one go at the Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Test Zone in the near future
The Lijian-1 Y15 carrier rocket successfully rolled off the production line, once again breaking the model’s delivery record. Just two days after the successful completion of the Lijian-1 Y14 carrier rocket’s “one rocket, eight satellites” launch mission on June 15th, the rocket achieved an efficient continuity between mission completion and new rocket delivery. Currently, the Lijian-1 has achieved a high-density operational rhythm of “monthly rocket delivery and monthly launch,” fully demonstrating that this model possesses mature operational capabilities for batch storage, rolling backup, and rapid launch. Relying on the production base’s pulsed assembly line efficiency model and a complete, self-controlled system encompassing R&D, testing, production, and launch, the Lijian-1’s strength in high-density, low-cost, and rapid-response large-scale delivery continues to be solidified.
The Lijian-1 Y15 carrier rocket completed its final assembly and testing at the Zhongke Aerospace Industrialization Base on June 17, 2026, and successfully passed its factory acceptance review. It is scheduled to launch five satellites in one go at the Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Test Zone in the near future . This delivery comes just two days after the successful launch of eight satellites with the Lijian-1 Y14 rocket on June 15, setting a new delivery record and marking the rocket’s achievement of a high-density operational rhythm of ” monthly rocket delivery and monthly launch .” As China’s most powerful privately-developed solid-propellant carrier rocket currently in service, the Lijian-1 has a payload capacity of 1.5 tons to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit and 2 tons to a low Earth orbit. It adopts a four-stage solid-propellant configuration, is 30 meters long, and has a takeoff weight of 135 tons, boasting advantages such as rapid response, high reliability, and low cost. Its efficient delivery is attributed to its pulsed assembly line production model and a fully self-reliant and controllable supply chain system. According to the plan, while maintaining routine land-based launches, the Lijian-1 will also conduct two sea-based launches in the second half of the year, further expanding its launch flexibility.
I. Core Facts
1. Rocket Status
The Long March 1-1 Y15 carrier rocket successfully completed its final assembly and testing at the CAS Aerospace Industrialization Base on June 17, 2026, and passed the factory acceptance
2. Launch Arrangement
The launch mission is scheduled to take place in the Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Test Zone in the near future, using a “one rocket, five satellites” approach.
II. Direct Cause
1. High-density delivery schedule
The delivery of this rocket came just two days after the successful completion of the “one rocket, eight satellites” launch mission of the Lijian-1 Y14 carrier rocket on June 15, achieving an efficient continuity between the completion of the launch mission and the delivery of the new rocket, once again setting a new record for the model’s delivery.
2. Supported by mature operational capabilities
The Lijian-1 rocket has achieved a high-density operational rhythm of “monthly rocket production and monthly launch,” fully demonstrating that this model has mature operational capabilities for batch storage, rolling backup, and rapid launch.
3. Production base support
Relying on the pulsed, automated, and highly efficient production model of the CAS Aerospace Industrialization Base, as well as the complete, self-controlled system encompassing R&D, testing, production, and launch, a hardware foundation has been provided for the rapid delivery of rockets
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