ExPace

ExPace
Company typeState-owned company
IndustryAerospace
FoundedFebruary 2016; 8 years ago (2016-02)
Headquarters
Wuhan, Hubei
,
China
ParentChina Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC)
Websiteexpace.com.cn (archived)

ExPace (ExPace Technology Corporation;[1] also called CASIC Rocket Technology Company[2]) is a Chinese state-owned[3] space rocket company, based in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Its corporate compound is located at the Wuhan National Space Industry Base space industrial park. ExPace is a wholly owned subsidiary of missileer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), a Chinese state-owned company, and serves as its commercial rocket division. ExPace is focused on small satellite launchers to low Earth orbit.[4][1][5][6] ExPace was established in February 2016.[7] ExPace was founded as a Chinese commercial launch vehicle company.[8]

  1. ^ a b Phillip Keane (20 September 2016). "ExPace, China's Very Own SpaceX". Asian Scientist Magazine.
  2. ^ Doug Messier (20 December 2017). "EXPACE Raises US$182 Million for Small Satellite Launchers". Parabolic Arc. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  3. ^ "China's Private Space Race". Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. ^ "China's Private Space Race". Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  5. ^ Jeffrey Lin (7 October 2016). "China's Private Space Industry Prepares To Compete With SpaceX And Blue Origin". Popular Science.
  6. ^ "First commercial space base to be built in Wuhan". SpaceDaily. 14 September 2016.
  7. ^ Stephen Clark (9 January 2017). "Kuaizhou rocket lifts off on first commercial mission". Spaceflight Now.
  8. ^ Pan Yue (19 December 2017). "China's Commercial Space Launch Company ExPace Raises US$180 Million Round". China Money Network.