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Ceres-2 | Demo Flight
Galactic Energy · Ceres-2 · Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Galactic Energy's 24th launch · 2nd this year · humanity's 7,186th orbital launch attempt
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Window: Jan 17, 03:57 – Jan 17, 04:20 UTC
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First test launch of Galactic Energy’s Ceres-2 rocket.
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Launch failure.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/17/2026 · source
Refined launch window per new NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/13/2026 · source
NET January 17 per new NOTAMs; to be confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/10/2026 · source
Reverted back to NET December TBD with cancellation of NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/25/2025 · source
Rescheduled for December 27 per NOTAMs; Identification of the launch with this mission and payload are still uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/24/2025 · source
Apparently scrubbed for the day, new information pending.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/15/2025 · source
Updated possible launch date and time per new NOTAMs (in place of previous guess of Hyperbola-1 for this launch); Identification of the launch with this mission and payload are uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/10/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/1/2025 · source
Pad — Launch Area 95A
Local pad time: Jan 17, 12:08 PM GMT+8
67 launches from this pad · 291 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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