ExPace

{{Short description|Chinese state-owned company. Launching Kuaizhou solid fuel rockets}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

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| name = ExPace

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| type = State-owned company

| industry = Aerospace

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| founded = {{start date and years ago|df=y|2016|2}}

| hq_location_city = Wuhan, Hubei

| hq_location_country = China

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| parent = China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC)

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20170315054819/http://expace.com.cn/ expace.com.cn (archived)]

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ExPace (ExPace Technology Corporation; also called CASIC Rocket Technology Company{{cite news|url=http://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/12/20/expace-raises-182-million-small-satellite-launchers/|title=EXPACE Raises US$182 Million for Small Satellite Launchers|date=20 December 2017|author=Doug Messier|publisher=Parabolic Arc|access-date=7 January 2018|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204225826/http://www.parabolicarc.com/2017/12/20/expace-raises-182-million-small-satellite-launchers/|url-status=dead}}) is a Chinese state-owned{{cite web|title=China's Private Space Race|url=https://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/17093/Chinas-Private-Space-Race.aspx|access-date=10 July 2020}} 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.{{cite web|title=China's Private Space Race |url=https://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/17093/Chinas-Private-Space-Race.aspx|access-date=10 July 2020}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.asianscientist.com/2016/09/columns/final-frontiers-expace-chinas-version-spacex-casic/|title=ExPace, China's Very Own SpaceX|author=Phillip Keane|date=20 September 2016|publisher=Asian Scientist Magazine}}{{cite news|url=http://www.popsci.com/chinas-private-space-industry-booms-prepares-to-compete-with-spacex-and-blue-origin|title=China's Private Space Industry Prepares To Compete With SpaceX And Blue Origin|author=Jeffrey Lin|date=7 October 2016|publisher=Popular Science}}{{cite news

|url=http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/First_commercial_space_base_to_be_built_in_Wuhan_999.html|title=First commercial space base to be built in Wuhan|date=14 September 2016|publisher=SpaceDaily}} ExPace was established in February 2016.{{cite news|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2017/01/09/kuaizhou-rocket-lifts-off-on-first-commercial-mission/|title=Kuaizhou rocket lifts off on first commercial mission|date=9 January 2017|author=Stephen Clark|publisher=Spaceflight Now}} ExPace was founded as a Chinese commercial launch vehicle company.{{cite news

|url=https://www.chinamoneynetwork.com/2017/12/19/chinas-commercial-space-launch-company-expace-raises-180m-round|title=China's Commercial Space Launch Company ExPace Raises US$180 Million Round|author=Pan Yue

|date=19 December 2017|publisher=China Money Network}}