KT-2A
Launch vehicle · China
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Heavy all-solid propellant Chinese launch vehicle. Model first displayed at Wuzhai in the fall of 2002. Consists of two parallel first-stage booster motors derived new the first stage motor of the KT-1, a larger-diameter core second stage motor like that of the KT-2, a new larger-diameter third stage motor, and an enormous new fairing. All figures are rough estimates.
LEO Payload: 2,000 kg (4,400 lb) to a 500 km orbit at 98.00 degrees.
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- all-solid, orbital launch vehicle
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- China