8 satellites

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Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Launch Area 95A Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Carried 8 satellites to 535 km high SSO: * Yunyao-1 #55-60 * AIRSAT-06 & 07

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • March 17, 2025, 8:46 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 13, 2025, 1:21 p.m.

Tweaked launch window.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 12, 2025, 1:37 p.m.

NET March 17, TBC.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 2, 2025, 9:12 a.m.

Moved to March TBD with the cancellation of NOTAMs.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 1, 2025, 9:46 a.m.

Delayed to March 3rd.


Ceres-1

Family:
Configuration: Ceres-1

Ceres-1 is the first solid propellant launch vehicle of Galactic Energy.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    3
  • Max Stage
    4
  • Length
  • Diameter
  • Fairing Diameter
    1.28 m
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
    598.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Ceres-1
  • Family
  • Variant
    Ceres-1
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Ceres-1
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    350.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    230.0 kg

Galactic Energy

Galactic Energy

(GE)

Founded: 2018 Successes: 17 Failures: 1 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

Galactic Energy is a private aerospace company headquartered in Beijing, China. Established by senior engineers in 2018, Galactic Energy engages in low-cost commercial space launch business.

INFO

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Launch Area 95A


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Falcon 9
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Long March 2D
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3 days ago
SuperView Neo 3-02
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Electron
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3 days, 4 hours ago
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Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 5 hours ago
Crew-10
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 2 hours ago
Starlink Group 12-21
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
6 days, 1 hour ago
SPHEREx & PUNCH
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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Long March 8
Success
6 days, 12 hours ago
G60 Polar Group 05
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technolo…


Long March 3
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
TJSW-15
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.


Starship
Failure
1 week, 4 days ago
Flight 8
Orbital Launch Mount A - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

Eighth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.