Ceres-1 | 5 satellites

Name: Ceres-1 | 5 satellites
Start: 2024-05-30T23:39:00.000Z
Location: Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Galactic Energy · Ceres-1 · Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Galactic Energy's 13th launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 6,696th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--May 30, 2024 · 23:39 UTCAdd to calendar

Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: May 30, 23:27 – May 30, 23:52 UTC

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5 satellites

Carried 5 satellites to orbit: * Jiguang 01 & 02, a pair of inter-satellite laser communication testing satellites * Yunyao-1-14/25/26 GNSS occultation weather satellites

Technology · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Booster

No booster details available.

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Updates

Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/31/2024 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/24/2024 · source

Pad — Launch Area 95A

Local pad time: May 31, 7:39 AM GMT+8

67 launches from this pad · 291 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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