i-SpaceHyperbola-1Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Kunpeng-03

Name: Kunpeng-03 launch
Start: 2025-07-29T04:11:00.000Z
End: 2025-07-29T05:00:00.000Z
Location: Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Launched

July 29, 2025 · 04:11 UTC

Launch Successful

Image: iSpace

Summary

Kunpeng-03 launched on an i-Space Hyperbola-1 from Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on July 29, 2025 at 04:11 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:03 to 05:00 UTC. It was i-Space's 8th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 7,013th orbital launch attempt. It was the 8th Hyperbola-1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Enshi Xidou Shanquan, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 503 × 518 km orbit inclined 97.4°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.

Watch: No webcast on record.
Vehicle: Hyperbola-1 · i-Space
Booster: No booster details on record.
Mission: Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Milestone: 8th Hyperbola-1 flight · 1st this yeari-Space's 8th launch1st this yearhumanity's 7,013th orbital launch attempt164th orbital launch attempt this year

Flight preview

Orbit: as tracked

97.4°Inclination

503 × 518 kmPerigee × apogeefrom mean elements

94.7 minPeriodfrom mean elements

285.0°Ascending node

444 d agoElement epoch2025-07-29 08:43 UTC · stale

Enshi Xidou Shanquan · NORAD 64962 · 2025-160 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects

Show the numbers

Object: OBJECT A
Object ID: 2025-160A
Epoch: 2025-07-29 08:43:20 UTC
Mean motion: 15.208437 rev/day
Eccentricity: 0.0010771
Inclination: 97.3967°
Ascending node: 285.0283°
Arg. of perigee: 270.0507°
Mean anomaly: 166.1025°
Element set: 999
Rev at epoch: 2
B*: 0

Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.

Catalogued objects

2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit

Enshi Xidou Shanquan · NORAD 64962 · in orbit

Shuang Quxian 1 Y10 St4 · re-entered December 26, 2025

Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org

About this launch

Commercial Earth observation satellite in SSO with sub-meter resolution capability.

Pad

Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

60th launch from Launch Area 95A, 5th this year · 254th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Local pad time at liftoff: Jul 29, 12:11 PM GMT+8, in daylight

68 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

129 days after the previous launch from this pad

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Updates

Launch success.

Cosmic_Penguin · Jul 29, 2025 · source

Show 2 earlier updates

Delayed to July 29 per new NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/24/2025 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/21/2025 · source

Questions

When did Kunpeng-03 launch?

Kunpeng-03 launched on July 29, 2025 at 04:11 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:03 to 05:00 UTC.

Where can I watch Kunpeng-03?

No webcast is on record for this launch.

What rocket launched Kunpeng-03?

Hyperbola-1, flown by i-Space. Hyperbola-1 spec sheet

Where did Kunpeng-03 launch from?

Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Jul 29, 12:11 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.

What orbit did Kunpeng-03 reach?

Enshi Xidou Shanquan, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 503 × 518 km orbit inclined 97.4°.

How many satellites did Kunpeng-03 launch?

1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).