LandSpaceZhuque-2ELaunch Area 96A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
6 satellites
Launched
May 17, 2025 · 04:12 UTC
Image: Landspace
Summary
6 satellites launched on a LandSpace Zhuque-2E from Launch Area 96A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on May 17, 2025 at 04:12 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:04 to 04:40 UTC. It was LandSpace's 6th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,955th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Zhuque-2E flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Dizhi-1, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 526 × 534 km orbit inclined 97.4°. 7 objects from this launch are catalogued, 6 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Live: Zhuque-2E Flight 2 LaunchInternational Rocket Launches
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- Vehicle
- Zhuque-2E · LandSpace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Technology · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Zhuque-2E flight · 1st this yearLandSpace's 6th launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,955th orbital launch attempt106th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Dizhi-1 · NORAD 64048 · 2025-103 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 7 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2025-103A
- Epoch
- 2025-05-17 14:46:11 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.14479335 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0005813
- Inclination
- 97.4101°
- Ascending node
- 213.263°
- Arg. of perigee
- 130.0348°
- Mean anomaly
- 230.1339°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 6
- 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; 6 still in orbit
- Dizhi-1 · NORAD 64048 · in orbit
- Nankeda-1 · NORAD 64049 · in orbit
- Nanchang hangkong 1 · NORAD 64050 · in orbit
- Nanchang hangkong 2 · NORAD 64051 · in orbit
- Beiyou-2 · NORAD 64052 · in orbit
- Beiyou-3 · NORAD 64053 · in orbit
Zhuque-2E Y2 Stage 2 · re-entered June 5, 2025
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
6 satellites from satellite manufacturer SpaceTY, including 3 multi-spectral Earth observation satellites and 3 technology demonstration satellites for various academic institutions. * Tianyi-29 * Tianyi-34 * Tianyi-35 * Tianyi-42 * Tianyi-45 * Tianyi-46
Pad
Launch Area 96A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
5th launch from Launch Area 96A, 1st this year · 250th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: May 17, 12:12 PM GMT+8, in daylight
10 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
171 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2025 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by International Rocket Launches has started
LL2 · 5/17/2025 · source
Rescheduled for May 17 per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/16/2025 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/15/2025 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs; Launch vehicle and payload identities highly uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/10/2025 · source
Questions
When did 6 satellites launch?
6 satellites launched on May 17, 2025 at 04:12 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:04 to 04:40 UTC.
Where can I watch 6 satellites?
Coverage: Live: Zhuque-2E Flight 2 Launch; 微博直播. Watch the replay
What rocket launched 6 satellites?
Zhuque-2E, flown by LandSpace. Zhuque-2E spec sheet
Where did 6 satellites launch from?
Launch Area 96A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was May 17, 12:12 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did 6 satellites reach?
Dizhi-1, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 526 × 534 km orbit inclined 97.4°.
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).