CAS SpaceKinetica 1Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Flight 2
Launched
June 7, 2023 · 04:10 UTC
Image: CAS Space
Summary
Flight 2 launched on a CAS Space Kinetica 1 from Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on June 7, 2023 at 04:10 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:01 to 04:24 UTC. It was CAS Space's 2nd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,455th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Kinetica 1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The tracked orbit of Shiyan 24C?, one of 27 catalogued objects, from June 20, 2023, was 498 × 519 km inclined 97.4°. 27 objects from this launch are catalogued, 26 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Kinetica 1 · CAS Space
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Kinetica 1 flight · 1st this yearCAS Space's 2nd launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,455th orbital launch attempt87th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Shiyan 24C? · NORAD 56856 · 2023-081 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 27 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-081L
- Epoch
- 2023-06-20 16:49:54 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.21395135 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0015161
- Inclination
- 97.4173°
- Ascending node
- 245.8909°
- Arg. of perigee
- 232.6765°
- Mean anomaly
- 127.309°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 205
- B*
- 0.00070847
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Catalogued objects
27 catalogued: 26 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- Shiyan 24C? · NORAD 56856 · re-entered September 6, 2025
- Shiyan 24D? · NORAD 56858 · re-entered September 5, 2025
- Fucheng-1? · in orbit
- Shiyan 24A · re-entered September 9, 2025
- LJ-1 Payload B1 · re-entered December 10, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B2 · re-entered December 17, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B3 · re-entered December 14, 2024
- Shiyan 24B · re-entered September 6, 2025
- LJ-1 Payload B4 · re-entered December 21, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B5 · re-entered December 17, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B6 · re-entered December 10, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B7 · re-entered December 17, 2024
Show 14 more payloads
- LJ-1 Payload B8 · re-entered December 7, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B9 · re-entered December 14, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B10 · re-entered December 18, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B11 · re-entered December 17, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B12 · re-entered December 11, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B13 · re-entered December 10, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B14 · re-entered December 14, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B15 · re-entered December 17, 2024
- Tianyi-26? · in orbit
- LJ-1 Payload B16 · re-entered December 10, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B17 · re-entered December 10, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B18 · re-entered December 10, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B19 · re-entered December 17, 2024
- LJ-1 Payload B20 · re-entered December 17, 2024
Lijian-1 Y2 Stage 4 · re-entered November 2, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Will carry 26 different satellites on a ride-share launch mission, including Earth observation satellites, details TBD.
Pad
Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
2nd launch from Launch Area 130, 1st this year · 195th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Jun 7, 12:10 PM GMT+8, in daylight
16 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
314 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Questions
When did Flight 2 launch?
Flight 2 launched on June 7, 2023 at 04:10 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:01 to 04:24 UTC.
Where can I watch Flight 2?
Coverage: Lijian-1 launches 26 satellites (Kinetica-1). Watch the replay
What rocket launched Flight 2?
Kinetica 1, flown by CAS Space. Kinetica 1 spec sheet
Where did Flight 2 launch from?
Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Jun 7, 12:10 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Flight 2 reach?
The tracked orbit of Shiyan 24C?, one of 27 catalogued objects, from June 20, 2023, was 498 × 519 km inclined 97.4°.
How many satellites did Flight 2 launch?
26 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).