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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit DeFu-15002 mobile launch platform Sea Launch

4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 5, 2023, 10:15 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 1, 2023, 6:38 a.m.

Added launch time per NOTAMs.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 5, 2023, 9:35 a.m.

Liftoff


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 5, 2023, 9:27 a.m.

New T-0.


Nosu • Aug. 27, 2023, 5:47 p.m.

Adding launch


Ceres-1S

Family:
Configuration: Ceres-1S

Ceres-1S is the sea launched version of Ceres-1 from 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-1S
  • Family
  • Variant
    Ceres-1S
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Ceres-1S
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: 16 Failures: 1 Pending: 0

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.

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