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CAS SpaceKinetica 1Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
9 satellites
Launched
September 20, 2026 · 04:03 UTC
Summary
CAS Space’s Kinetica 1 launched successfully from Jiuquan, delivering a share-ride of nine commercial Earth observation and technology demonstration satellites to sun-synchronous orbit.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Kinetica 1 · CAS Space
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 16th Kinetica 1 flight · 5th this yearCAS Space's 17th launch6th this yearhumanity's 7,401st orbital launch attempt228th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
ZK-1A / RB · NORAD 100789 · 2026-220K · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ZK-1A R/B
- Object ID
- 2026-220K
- Epoch
- 2026-10-15 21:56:23 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.69795442 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.01917637
- Inclination
- 97.567°
- Ascending node
- 4.3188°
- Arg. of perigee
- 278.5427°
- Mean anomaly
- 79.4146°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 403
- B*
- 0.00055754013
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.
About this launch
9 satellites launched on a CAS Space Kinetica 1 from Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on September 20, 2026 at 04:03 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:54 to 04:15 UTC. It was CAS Space's 17th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 7,401st orbital launch attempt. It was the 16th Kinetica 1 flight and the 5th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). It reached a 241 × 546 km orbit inclined 97.6°.
Share-ride of 9 commercial Earth observation and technology demonstration satellites to SSO, details TBD.
Pad
Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
16th launch from Launch Area 130, 5th this year · 298th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 20, 12:03 PM GMT+8, in daylight
16 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
58 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 · 9/16/2026 · source
Questions
When did 9 satellites launch?
9 satellites launched on September 20, 2026 at 04:03 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:54 to 04:15 UTC.
Where can I watch 9 satellites?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched 9 satellites?
Kinetica 1, flown by CAS Space. Kinetica 1 spec sheet
Where did 9 satellites launch from?
Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Sep 20, 12:03 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did 9 satellites reach?
It reached a 241 × 546 km orbit inclined 97.6°.