CAS SpaceKinetica 2Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft)
Launched
March 30, 2026 · 11:00 UTC
Image: CAS Space
Summary
Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft) launched on a CAS Space Kinetica 2 from Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on March 30, 2026 at 11:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 10:52 to 13:14 UTC. It was CAS Space's 12th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 7,243rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Kinetica 2 flight. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). Bai Xiang, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 145 × 1,002 km orbit inclined 84.7°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Kinetica 2 · CAS Space
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 1st Kinetica 2 flightCAS Space's 12th launch1st this yearhumanity's 7,243rd orbital launch attempt70th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Bai Xiang · NORAD 68412 · 2026-066 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2026-066A
- Epoch
- 2026-03-30 21:37:47 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.00318607 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0617033
- Inclination
- 84.7161°
- Ascending node
- 277.63°
- Arg. of perigee
- 210.1321°
- Mean anomaly
- 146.3054°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 7
- B*
- 0.00021768
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: PO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 3 still in orbit
- Bai Xiang · NORAD 68412 · in orbit
- Xinzhengcheng-01 · NORAD 68414 · in orbit
- Tianshi-01 · NORAD 68415 · in orbit
Lijian-2 Stage 2 · re-entered April 13, 2026
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
First test launch and mission of CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 rocket, with 3 spacecraft on board: * New March 02 (Qingzhou space station cargo resupply vehicle Prototype Spacecraft) * New March 01 in-orbit experiments hosting satellite * TS-01
Pad
Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
1st launch from Launch Area 140, 1st this year · 280th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 30, 7:00 PM GMT+8, in daylight
1 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 5 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/30/2026 · source
Updating launch date and time based on old information of possible secondary payload. Assignment of this launch to the launch listed in this launch window is highly uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/29/2026 · source
May possibly be linked with planned launch on March 30, with high uncertainties.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/28/2026 · source
Updated planned payload information.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/21/2026 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/1/2025 · source
Questions
When did Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft) launch?
Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft) launched on March 30, 2026 at 11:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 10:52 to 13:14 UTC.
Where can I watch Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft)?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft)?
Kinetica 2, flown by CAS Space. Kinetica 2 spec sheet
Where did Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft) launch from?
Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Mar 30, 7:00 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft) reach?
Bai Xiang, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 145 × 1,002 km orbit inclined 84.7°.
How many satellites did Demo Flight (Qingzhou Prototype Spacecraft) launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).