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.
First Sea Launch! LiJian-1 Y17 Carrier Rocket Successfully Rolls Out of Factory… On August 13, 2026, the LiJian-1 Y17 carrier rocket successfully completed its final assembly and testing at the CAS Aerospace Industrialization Base and passed the factory acceptance review. It is scheduled to launch three satellites in one launch from the waters near Guangdong in the near future.
This mission marks the first sea launch for the LiJian-1 carrier rocket. Sea launches offer flexible launch site selection, adapting to the needs of low-inclination satellite launches, and boast advantages such as higher landing area safety and fewer launch window constraints. It effectively compensates for the limitations of land-based launch sites in terms of orbital coverage, further improving rocket carrying efficiency and mission adaptability. In the future, the LiJian-1 carrier rocket will establish a dual-track launch layout of “monthly scheduled land-based launches and dedicated sea-based launches,” fully responding to the differentiated launch needs of various customers for constellation networking and satellite replenishment .
First-ever sea launch! The Lijian-1 Y17 carrier rocket successfully completed its final assembly and testing at the CAS Space Industrialization Base and passed the factory acceptance review. It is scheduled to launch three satellites in one launch from the waters near Guangdong in the near future
The Lijian-1 Y17 carrier rocket completed its final assembly and testing at the CAS Space Industrialization Base on August 13, 2026, and successfully passed the factory acceptance review. It is scheduled to carry out a “one rocket, three satellites” launch mission in the waters near Guangdong in the near future . This will be the first time that the Lijian-1 carrier rocket has carried out a sea launch mission .
Mission Highlights
- Launch method : First sea launch, which allows for more flexible selection of launch sites compared to land launch, adapts to the needs of low-inclination satellites, and offers higher landing area safety and fewer launch window constraints.
- Number of satellites : 3 satellites in one launch.
- Subsequent deployment : The Lijian-1 will construct a dual-track parallel mode of “land-based monthly flight-based launch and sea-based mobile special launch” to meet the differentiated needs of constellation networking and satellite network replenishment.
- To date, the Lijian-1 series rockets have launched 15 times, successfully sending 110 satellites into space with a total payload mass exceeding 16 tons. It is the only domestically produced commercial rocket model to have launched more than 100 satellites.
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