Ceres-1 | Qiankun-1 & Xingshidai‐16
Launch Successful
L - -- : -- : -- : --
Launch Window
July 22, 2023, 5 a.m. - July 22, 2023, 6:06 a.m.
July 22, 2023, 5 a.m. - July 22, 2023, 6:06 a.m.
Share ride launch of 2 satellites to SSO: * Qiankun-1 Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) technology demonstration satellite for CSpace * Xingshidai‐16 Earth observation satellite for ADASpace
Launch success.
1 day slip per new NOTAMs.
Added launch per NOTAMs; payload and launch vehicle uncertain.
Ceres-1 is the first solid propellant launch vehicle of Galactic Energy.
See DetailsGalactic 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
China has picked up its launch cadence in the last two weeks as they continue to push forward in its ambitious 2023 launch schedule. Not only did they launch three rockets from the Chang Zheng family in a short period of time, but also Gus…
Chinese startup Galactic Energy sent two satellites into orbit early Saturday with the company’s sixth consecutive successful launch.
China's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-4 (Feng Yun 4) is the second generation of chinese geostationary meteorological satellites.
A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…
Note: Assignment of payloads to this launch is uncertain. The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite desi…
AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, requi…
First test launch of CASC/SAST’s Long March 12A rocket, with a dummy payload. The rocket’s 1st stage attempted to land on a landing pad about 300 km …
Maiden orbital launch attempt for the South Korean start-up Innospace and its HANBIT-Nano small launch vehicle. Onboard this flight are five small sa…
QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve o…
Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.
NS-37 is the 16th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 37th in the New Shepard program's history.
Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.