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ExPace logo ExPace Operates the Kuaizhou family of solid-fueled small-lift launch vehicles for commercial and government satellite delivery to low Earth orbit vs Space One Develops and launches the solid-fuel KAIROS small satellite launch vehicle from its private Spaceport Kii facility in southern Japan Space One logo
HEAD-TO-HEAD1 shared sector
ExPace Space One
Founded 2016 2018
Headquarters Wuhan, Hubei, China 東京都港区芝公園1-2-6 ランドマーク芝公園6F
Type government private
Status operating operating
Employees
Total funding $417M $28M
Latest round Series B Series A
Sectors Launch Services, Space Propulsion Launch Services, Spaceports & Range Services
Products listed 2 3
Federal contracts
Launches 33 (88%) 3 (0%)
Leaders listed Zhang Di, Zha Xiongquan Masakazu Toyoda, Nobuhiro Sekino
News mentions 0 99
SHARED SECTORS
FREQUENTLY ASKED

How do ExPace and Space One compare?

Both companies work in Launch Services. ExPace was founded in 2016 and Space One in 2018.

Which has more launches, ExPace or Space One?

ExPace leads with 33 tracked launches (88% success rate).

Numbers refresh on every render against the live Space Index database. Federal contract data from USAspending.gov; launches from LaunchLibrary2.