China Rocket Co. Ltd.Smart Dragon 3Rizhao offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Geely Constellation Group 06
Launched
September 24, 2025 · 07:56 UTC
Image: CASC
Summary
Geely Constellation Group 06 launched on a China Rocket Co. Ltd. Smart Dragon 3 from Rizhao offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport on September 24, 2025 at 07:56 UTC. The launch window ran from 07:47 to 08:30 UTC. It was China Rocket Co. Ltd.'s 9th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 7,069th orbital launch attempt. It was the 8th Smart Dragon 3 flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Shikongxing 01, one of 12 catalogued objects, reached a 593 × 611 km orbit inclined 50.0°. 12 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Smart Dragon 3 · China Rocket Co. Ltd.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 8th Smart Dragon 3 flight · 4th this yearChina Rocket Co. Ltd.'s 9th launch4th this yearhumanity's 7,069th orbital launch attempt220th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Shikongxing 01 · NORAD 65712 · 2025-214 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 12 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2025-214A
- Epoch
- 2025-09-24 18:42:13 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.90996402 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00135149
- Inclination
- 49.9887°
- Ascending node
- 100.5889°
- Arg. of perigee
- 295.9964°
- Mean anomaly
- 63.9585°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 7
- B*
- 0.000068097685
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
12 catalogued: 12 payloads; 12 still in orbit
- Shikongxing 01 · NORAD 65712 · in orbit
- Geely Xingzuo 06 zu 01 xing · NORAD 65713 · in orbit
- Geely Xingzuo 06 zu 02 xing · NORAD 65714 · in orbit
- Geely Xingzuo 06 zu 03 xing · NORAD 65715 · in orbit
- Geely Xingzuo 06 zu 04 xing · NORAD 65716 · in orbit
- Geely Xingzuo 06 zu 05 xing · NORAD 65717 · in orbit
- Geely Xingzuo 06 zu 06 xing · NORAD 65718 · in orbit
- Geely Xingzuo 06 zu 07 xing · NORAD 65719 · in orbit
- Geely Xingzuo 06 zu 08 xing · NORAD 65720 · in orbit
- Geely Xingzuo 06 zu 09 xing · NORAD 65721 · in orbit
- Geely Xingzuo 06 zu 10 xing · NORAD 65722 · in orbit
- Geely Xingzuo 06 zu 11 xing · NORAD 65723 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
12 LEO communications satellites for Chinese car manufacturer Geely Automotive for testing autonomous driving/inter-vehicle communication services. They also carry payloads for ocean observation.
Pad
Rizhao offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
6th launch from Rizhao offshore launch location, 4th this year · 19th from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 24, 3:56 PM GMT+8, in daylight
7 launches from this pad · 28 from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
15 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 4 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/24/2025 · source
Updated payload information.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/24/2025 · source
Delayed to September 24 per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/22/2025 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain; probably with Geely Constellation Group 06.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/18/2025 · source
Questions
When did Geely Constellation Group 06 launch?
Geely Constellation Group 06 launched on September 24, 2025 at 07:56 UTC. The launch window ran from 07:47 to 08:30 UTC.
Where can I watch Geely Constellation Group 06?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Geely Constellation Group 06?
Smart Dragon 3, flown by China Rocket Co. Ltd.. Smart Dragon 3 spec sheet
Where did Geely Constellation Group 06 launch from?
Rizhao offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport. Liftoff was Sep 24, 3:56 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Geely Constellation Group 06 reach?
Shikongxing 01, one of 12 catalogued objects, reached a 593 × 611 km orbit inclined 50.0°.
How many satellites did Geely Constellation Group 06 launch?
12 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 12 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).