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CAS SpaceKinetica 1Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
6 satellites
Launched
May 21, 2025 · 04:05 UTC
Summary
6 satellites launched on a CAS Space Kinetica 1 from Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on May 21, 2025 at 04:05 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:54 to 04:15 UTC. It was CAS Space's 7th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,961st orbital launch attempt. It was the 7th Kinetica 1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Taijing-3 04, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 525 × 545 km orbit inclined 97.5°. 7 objects from this launch are catalogued, 6 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Kinetica 1 · CAS Space
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 7th Kinetica 1 flight · 1st this yearCAS Space's 7th launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,961st orbital launch attempt112th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Taijing-3 04 · NORAD 64088 · 2025-108 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 7 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-108B
- Epoch
- 2025-05-21 10:27:33 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.12821596 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.001418
- Inclination
- 97.5031°
- Ascending node
- 217.2651°
- Arg. of perigee
- 283.016°
- Mean anomaly
- 206.1216°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
7 catalogued: 6 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 7 still in orbit
- Taijing-3 04 · NORAD 64088 · in orbit
- Taijing-4 02A · in orbit
- Xingrui-11 · in orbit
- Xingjiyuan-1 · in orbit
- Tada Huyang 1 · in orbit
- Xiguang 1-02 · in orbit
Lijian-1 Y7 Stage 4 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Carried 6 satellites to Sun-synchronous orbit, including commercial Earth observation satellites Taijing-3-04 & Taijing-4-02A: * Taijing-3-04 * Taijing-4-02A * Xingrui-11 * Xiguang-1 02 * Xingjiyuan-1 * Cube-108 001
Pad
Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
7th launch from Launch Area 130, 1st this year · 251st from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: May 21, 12:05 PM GMT+8, in daylight
16 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
145 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 1 earlier update
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/14/2025 · source
Questions
When did 6 satellites launch?
6 satellites launched on May 21, 2025 at 04:05 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:54 to 04:15 UTC.
Where can I watch 6 satellites?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched 6 satellites?
Kinetica 1, flown by CAS Space. Kinetica 1 spec sheet
Where did 6 satellites launch from?
Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was May 21, 12:05 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did 6 satellites reach?
Taijing-3 04, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 525 × 545 km orbit inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did 6 satellites launch?
6 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 6 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).