| Jielong 1 | |||||||||
| Function: | Small orbital launch vehicle | ||||||||
| Manufacturer: | CALT | ||||||||
| Country-Origin: | China | ||||||||
| Height: | 19.5m (64feet) | ||||||||
| Diameter: | 1.2m (03.9feet) | ||||||||
| Mass: | 23100kg (50,900lb) | ||||||||
| Stages: | 4 | ||||||||
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| Comparable: | Jielong 3, Minotaur I Pegasus Start-1 Electron | ||||||||
| Status: | Active | ||||||||
| Sites: | Jiuquan | ||||||||
| Launches: | 1 | ||||||||
| Success: | 1 | ||||||||
| First: | 17 August 2019 | ||||||||
Jielong 1 (meaning "agile dragon", also known as Smart Dragon 1, SD-1), is a solid fueled orbital launch vehicle developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology's subsidiary China Rocket to launch up to 150 kg to a 700 km altitude Sun-synchronous orbit. The rocket is 19.5 meters tall, 1.2 meters in diameter and weighs 23.1 metric tons. It is a solid fuel, 4 stage orbital rocket.[1] The development of the rocket took 18 months (initiated in February 2018); the rocket uses propulsion technology from Chinese missile programs. The program aims to produce a launch vehicle with launch price per mass of $US 30,000/kg, or $6 million for the launch.
The launch vehicle features an inverted-position fourth stage motor and payload space during the initial portion of the launch sequence; the stack rotates to front after third stage separation.[2]
The maiden flight of Jielong 1 on 17 August 2019, 04:11 UTC was successful. It delivered three small satellites into polar orbit. The satellites were the Xingshidai 5 Earth observation satellite, Tianqi 2 experimental satellite and a third small Earth observing satellite Qiancheng 01[1] from Qiansheng Exploration Technology Co. Ltd. The launch took place from Jiuquan, with the rocket taking off from a road-mobile transporter.[3]
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| Flight number | Flight | Date (UTC) | Launch site | Payload | Orbit | Outcome |
| 1 | Y1 | August 17, 2019 04:11 | JSLC | Qiancheng 01 Xingshidai 5 Tianqi 2 | SSO | |
| 2 | Y2 | Q4 2023 | JSLC | SSO | ||