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CAS SpaceKinetica 1Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
9 satellites
Launched
December 10, 2025 · 04:03 UTC
Summary
9 satellites launched on a CAS Space Kinetica 1 from Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on December 10, 2025 at 04:03 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:54 to 04:15 UTC. It was CAS Space's 11th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 7,148th orbital launch attempt. It was the 11th Kinetica 1 flight and the 5th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). UAE-813, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 550 × 570 km orbit inclined 97.7°. 10 objects from this launch are catalogued, 9 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Kinetica 1 · CAS Space
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 11th Kinetica 1 flight · 5th this yearCAS Space's 11th launch5th this yearhumanity's 7,148th orbital launch attempt299th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
UAE-813 · NORAD 66994 · 2025-292 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 10 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT B
- Object ID
- 2025-292B
- Epoch
- 2025-12-11 21:01:03 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.04515803 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00140794
- Inclination
- 97.6549°
- Ascending node
- 58.4345°
- Arg. of perigee
- 277.2072°
- Mean anomaly
- 82.7553°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 26
- B*
- 0.00010044116
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Catalogued objects
10 catalogued: 9 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 9 still in orbit
- UAE-813 · NORAD 66994 · in orbit
- Jilin-1 GaoFen 07B 01 xing · in orbit
- Jilin-1 GaoFen 07C 01 xing · in orbit
- Jilin-1 GaoFen 07D 01 xing · in orbit
- Dongpo 15 · in orbit
- Yuxing-2 09 · in orbit
- Yixian-A (R) · in orbit
- SPNeX · in orbit
- Slippers2Sat · in orbit
Lijian-1 Y11 Stage 4 · re-entered March 5, 2026
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Share ride of 9 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit: * Satellite 813 (United Arab Emirates) * Jilin-1 Gaofen 07B-01/07C-01/07D-01 * Dongpo-15 * Yixing-2 09 * Yixian-A * SPNEX (Egypt) * Slipper2Sat (Nepal)
Pad
Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
11th launch from Launch Area 130, 5th this year · 270th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 10, 12:03 PM GMT+8, in daylight
16 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
31 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 1 earlier update
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload identities uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/4/2025 · source
Questions
When did 9 satellites launch?
9 satellites launched on December 10, 2025 at 04:03 UTC. The launch window ran from 03:54 to 04:15 UTC.
Where can I watch 9 satellites?
Coverage: Lijian-1 launches 9 satellites. Watch the replay
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 Dec 10, 12:03 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did 9 satellites reach?
UAE-813, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 550 × 570 km orbit inclined 97.7°.
How many satellites did 9 satellites launch?
9 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 9 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).