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CAS SpaceKinetica 1Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Maiden Flight
Launched
July 27, 2022
Summary
Maiden Flight launched on a CAS Space Kinetica 1 from Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on July 27, 2022. It was CAS Space's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,272nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Kinetica 1 flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). SATech-01, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 501 × 519 km orbit inclined 97.4°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Kinetica 1 · CAS Space
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Technology · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 1st Kinetica 1 flightCAS Space's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,272nd orbital launch attempt90th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SATech-01 · NORAD 53299 · 2022-087 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-087A
- Epoch
- 2022-07-27 07:11:53 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.21026554 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.001267
- Inclination
- 97.4053°
- Ascending node
- 282.7336°
- Arg. of perigee
- 283.4928°
- Mean anomaly
- 161.8443°
- 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: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
6 catalogued: 5 payloads, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- SATech-01 · NORAD 53299 · re-entered February 19, 2025
- Jinan-1 · NORAD 53300 · re-entered April 19, 2025
- Dianci Zuzhuang shiyan 1 · re-entered May 17, 2025
- Guidao Daqi MTSW · re-entered May 10, 2024
- Nanyue Kexue Xing · re-entered October 16, 2025
Lijian-1 Y1 Stage 4 · re-entered April 18, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Carried 6 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit, including the prototype X-ray astronomy observation satellite SATech 01, Jinan 1 and 4 other technological demonstration satellites from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Pad
Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
1st launch from Launch Area 130, 1st this year · 169th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
16 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success
Show 1 earlier update
Added launch per NOTAMs; assignment of this launch to the time slot dictated by NOTAMs highly unreliable.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/26/2022 · source
Questions
When did Maiden Flight launch?
Maiden Flight launched on July 27, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Maiden Flight?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Maiden Flight?
Kinetica 1, flown by CAS Space. Kinetica 1 spec sheet
Where did Maiden Flight launch from?
Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Maiden Flight reach?
SATech-01, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 501 × 519 km orbit inclined 97.4°.
How many satellites did Maiden Flight launch?
5 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).