KZ 1 A (快舟一号) Galaxy Space satellite Galaxy 1 ( Yinhe 1) 银河一号

A Kuaizhou1A (KZ1A) launch vehicle launched the Galaxy1 communications satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, northwest China, on 16 January 2020, at 03:02 UTC (11:02 local time). Galaxy1, also known as Yinhe1, is the fist satellite of the low Earth orbit (LEO) communications constellation developed by Galaxy Space (银河航天), a private Chinese company. KZ1A (快舟一号) is a type of lowcost solidfuelled carrier rocket with high reliability, short preparation period and designed to launch loworbit satellites weighing under 300 kg each. Kuaizhou1A is developed by ExPace Technology Corporation, a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC).