CAS SpaceKinetica 1Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

8 x Jilin-1

Name: 8 x Jilin-1 launch
Start: 2026-04-14T04:03:00.000Z
End: 2026-04-14T04:15:00.000Z
Location: Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Launched

April 14, 2026 · 04:03 UTC

Launch Successful

Summary

8 x Jilin-1 launched on a CAS Space Kinetica 1 from Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on April 14, 2026 at 04:03 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:54 to 04:15 UTC. It was CAS Space's 13th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 7,258th orbital launch attempt. It was the 12th Kinetica 1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). 8 objects from this launch are catalogued, all 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: 12th Kinetica 1 flight · 1st this yearCAS Space's 13th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 7,258th orbital launch attempt85th orbital launch attempt this year

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Catalogued objects

8 catalogued: 8 payloads; 8 still in orbit

Jilin-1 GaoFen 07A 02 xing · in orbit
Jilin-1 GaoFen 07A 03 xing · in orbit
Jilin-1 GaoFen 07A 04 xing · in orbit
Jilin-1 GaoFen 07B 02 xing · in orbit
Jilin-1 GaoFen 07B 03 xing · in orbit
Jilin-1 GaoFen 07B 04 xing · in orbit
Jilin-1 GaoFen 07C 02 xing · in orbit
Jilin-1 GaoFen 07C 03 xing · in orbit

Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org

About this launch

8 Earth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation: * High Resolution-07A 02-04 * High Resolution-07B 02-04 * High Resolution-07C 02-03

Pad

Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

12th launch from Launch Area 130, 1st this year · 282nd from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 14, 12:03 PM GMT+8, in daylight

16 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

125 days after the previous launch from this pad

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Updates

Launch success.

Cosmic_Penguin · Apr 14, 2026 · source

Show 2 earlier updates

Delayed to NET April 14 per new marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/9/2026 · source
Added launch per NOTAMS; Payload identities uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/7/2026 · source

Questions

When did 8 x Jilin-1 launch?

8 x Jilin-1 launched on April 14, 2026 at 04:03 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:54 to 04:15 UTC.

Where can I watch 8 x Jilin-1?

No webcast is on record for this launch.

What rocket launched 8 x Jilin-1?

Kinetica 1, flown by CAS Space. Kinetica 1 spec sheet

Where did 8 x Jilin-1 launch from?

Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Apr 14, 12:03 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.

What orbit was 8 x Jilin-1 going to?

Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO), a earth science mission.

How many satellites did 8 x Jilin-1 launch?

8 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 8 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).