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Galactic EnergyCeres-1Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Golden Bauhinia 1-03 & others
Launched
December 7, 2021 · 04:12 UTC
Summary
Golden Bauhinia 1-03 & others launched on a Galactic Energy Ceres-1 from Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on December 7, 2021 at 04:12 UTC. It was Galactic Energy's 2nd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,162nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Ceres-1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Jin Zijing 1-03, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 493 × 509 km orbit inclined 97.4°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Ceres-1 · Galactic Energy
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Ceres-1 flight · 1st this yearGalactic Energy's 2nd launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,162nd orbital launch attempt125th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Jin Zijing 1-03 · NORAD 49813 · 2021-117 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-118B
- Epoch
- 2021-12-07 05:35:44 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.23975509 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0011822
- Inclination
- 97.3944°
- Ascending node
- 54.2133°
- Arg. of perigee
- 220.5033°
- Mean anomaly
- 221.9772°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
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
5 catalogued: 5 payloads; none still in orbit
- Jin Zijing 1-03 · NORAD 49813 · re-entered February 14, 2024
- Lize 1 · NORAD 49815 · re-entered August 1, 2023
- Jin Zijing 5 · NORAD 49816 · re-entered May 15, 2023
- Tianjin Daxue 1 · re-entered August 2, 2024
- Baoyun · re-entered August 19, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
This mission carried five commercial small satellites into orbit. These include: a remote sensing satellite Tianjin University-1, two remote sensing satellites for Golden Bauhinia 1 (also known as Jinzijing 1) constellation; and experimental satellites Lize-1 and Baoyun.
Pad
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
27th launch from Launch Area 95A, 6th this year · 154th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 7, 12:12 PM GMT+8, in daylight
68 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
12 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 1 earlier update
Re-added Ceres-1 2nd launch with possible payload and rumours of launch date, details still uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/27/2021 · source
Questions
When did Golden Bauhinia 1-03 & others launch?
Golden Bauhinia 1-03 & others launched on December 7, 2021 at 04:12 UTC.
Where can I watch Golden Bauhinia 1-03 & others?
Coverage: Ceres-1 launches five satellites. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Golden Bauhinia 1-03 & others?
Ceres-1, flown by Galactic Energy. Ceres-1 spec sheet
Where did Golden Bauhinia 1-03 & others launch from?
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Dec 7, 12:12 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Golden Bauhinia 1-03 & others reach?
Jin Zijing 1-03, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 493 × 509 km orbit inclined 97.4°.
How many satellites did Golden Bauhinia 1-03 & others launch?
5 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).