{"city":"Guangzhou","name":"CAS Space","slug":"cas-space","facts":[{"date":"2026-09-04","type":"product_launch","value":"Kinetica-2 medium-lift rocket reached orbit","source":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-04","type":"setback","value":"Recorded a 2024 net loss","source":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-04","type":"funding_round","value":"Seeking funding","source":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-04","type":"product_launch","value":"Kinetica-2 reached orbit","source":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-01","type":"deployment","value":"Kinetica-2 first stage captured at sea by a wire-capture system","source":"SpaceNews"},{"date":"2026-08-17","type":"customer","value":"UAE Space Agency","source":"SpaceNews"}],"peers":[{"name":"Rocket Lab","rank":4,"slug":"rocket-lab","score":"88.5"},{"name":"Isar Aerospace","rank":79,"slug":"isar-aerospace","score":"66.5"},{"name":"Skyroot Aerospace","rank":87,"slug":"skyroot-aerospace","score":"65.5"},{"name":"Galactic Energy","rank":88,"slug":"galactic-energy","score":"65"}],"stage":"Public","state":"Guangdong","aliases":["中科宇航"],"country":"China","domains":[{"why":"CAS Space sells Kinetica-1 and Kinetica-2 orbital launch services to satellite operators and megaconstellation customers.","list":"Space 100","rank":78,"tier":"member","layer":"Launch","total":67,"domain":"Space","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":6,"progress":9,"firepower":8,"commercial":4,"deployment":7,"production":6,"technology":6},"edition":"November 2026","segment":"Small launch"}],"founded":null,"signals":[{"date":"2026-09-20","header":"China's Kaituozhe-1 rocket launches 9 satellites including 'chaozhiyun-1' for AI computing in space","outlet":"Yicai"},{"date":"2026-09-04","header":"CAS Space is seeking ¥4.18 billion after recording a 2024 net loss of ¥748 million.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-09-04","header":"CAS Space reached orbit with its Kinetica-2 medium-lift rocket and received IPO application acceptance.","outlet":"Payload"},{"date":"2026-07-27","header":"CAS Space launched Kinetica 1’s 15th mission with five satellites on July 24, 2026.","outlet":"sorae"},{"date":"2026-07-27","header":"Kinetica 1 has launched 110 satellites and more than 16 tons of payloads across 15 flights.","outlet":"sorae"},{"date":"2026-06-15","header":"CAS Space’s Kinetica 1 reached its 14th flight after deploying more than 100 satellites cumulatively.","outlet":"sorae"}],"website":"https://cas-space.com","category":"Space · Launch","categories":[{"name":"Launch services","domain":"Space","parent":"Space · Launch"}],"last_round":null,"updated_at":"2026-10-25T23:16:48.240585+00:00","facts_total":26,"positioning":"CAS Space is a Chinese launch company (a CAS-lineage commercial spinoff) whose Kinetica-1 solid launcher is operational with multiple successful flights, and whose larger, eventually reusable Kinetica-2 targets a 2026 debut. It is the state-academy commercial vehicle with a delivery record and a listing path (an IPO queue member). Revenue is estimated at 10-100m (a dedicated pass owed for the exact flight count).","sub_category":"Launch services","signals_total":27,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/cas-space","title":"CAS Space · space, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"CAS Space sells Kinetica-1 and Kinetica-2 orbital launch services to satellite operators and megaconstellation customers. Space 100 rank 78 (score 67) 27 signals and 26 facts with sources.","publisher":"Frontier Tech Intelligence (Future Frontiers, a trade name of Essential Cognition Inc.)","note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}