Kinetica 1 | 6 satellites

Name: Kinetica 1 | 6 satellites
Start: 2025-05-21T04:05:00.000Z
Location: Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

CAS Space · Kinetica 1 · Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

CAS Space's 7th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 6,961st orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--May 21, 2025 · 04:05 UTCAdd to calendar

Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: May 21, 03:54 – May 21, 04:15 UTC

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6 satellites

Carried 6 satellites to Sun-synchronous orbit, including commercial Earth observation satellites Taijing-3-04 & Taijing-4-02A: * Taijing-3-04 * Taijing-4-02A * Xingrui-11 * Xiguang-1 02 * Xingjiyuan-1 * Cube-108 001

Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Booster

No booster details available.

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Updates

Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/21/2025 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/14/2025 · source

Pad — Launch Area 130

Local pad time: May 21, 12:05 PM GMT+8

14 launches from this pad · 291 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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