CAS Space performs Kinetica-2 first stage hot fire test ahead of first launch and cargo demo

Aerial view of CAS Space's Kinetica-2 first-stage hot fire test, showing flames and thick smoke rising from a test stand nestled in forested hills.

Aerial view of CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 first-stage hot fire test, showing flames and thick smoke rising from a test stand nestled in forested hills. Credit: CAS Space

HELSINKI — China’s CAS Space has completed a hot fire test of the first stage of its Kinetica-2 kerosene rocket as it targets a first orbital launch in the second half of the year.

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Andrew Jones covers China’s space industry for SpaceNews. Andrew has previously lived in China and reported from major space conferences there. Based in Helsinki, Finland, he has written for National Geographic, New Scientist, Smithsonian Magazine, Sky…


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