China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 5B/YZ-2101, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
SatNet LEO Group 01
Launched
December 16, 2024 · 10:00 UTC
Image: CCTV
Summary
SatNet LEO Group 01 launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 5B/YZ-2 from 101, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China on December 16, 2024 at 10:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 10:00 to 12:10 UTC. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 499th launch, 47th this year and humanity's 6,833rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Long March 5B/YZ-2 flight. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). WHDW 01-01, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 1,104 × 1,122 km orbit inclined 86.5°. 10 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Live: Long March 5B SatNet LEO Group 01 Launch (No Commentary)International Rocket Launches
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 1st Long March 5B/YZ-2 flightChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 499th launch47th this yearhumanity's 6,833rd orbital launch attempt244th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
WHDW 01-01 · NORAD 62323 · 2024-240 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 10 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-240A
- Epoch
- 2024-12-16 15:09:28 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.41002838 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0011871
- Inclination
- 86.5068°
- Ascending node
- 168.7707°
- Arg. of perigee
- 306.5585°
- Mean anomaly
- 166.0236°
- 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: PO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
10 catalogued: 10 payloads; 10 still in orbit
- WHDW 01-01 · NORAD 62323 · in orbit
- WHDW 01-02 · NORAD 62324 · in orbit
- WHDW 01-03 · NORAD 62325 · in orbit
- WHDW 01-04 · NORAD 62326 · in orbit
- WHDW 01-05 · NORAD 62327 · in orbit
- WHDW 01-06 · NORAD 62328 · in orbit
- WHDW 01-07 · NORAD 62329 · in orbit
- WHDW 01-08 · NORAD 62330 · in orbit
- WHDW 01-09 · NORAD 62331 · in orbit
- WHDW 01-10 · NORAD 62332 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 10 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group. The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.
Pad
101, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
13th launch from 101, 3rd this year · 34th from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 16, 6:00 PM GMT+8, in twilight
18 launches from this pad · 75 from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
227 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 5 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/16/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by International Rocket Launches has started
LL2 · 12/16/2024 · source
Tweaked approximate T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/16/2024 · source
NET December 16 per new NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/12/2024 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs (payload identity per https://x.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1866353883012063722).
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/10/2024 · source
Questions
When did SatNet LEO Group 01 launch?
SatNet LEO Group 01 launched on December 16, 2024 at 10:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 10:00 to 12:10 UTC.
Where can I watch SatNet LEO Group 01?
Coverage: Live: Long March 5B SatNet LEO Group 01 Launch (No Commentary). Watch the replay
What rocket launched SatNet LEO Group 01?
Long March 5B/YZ-2, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 5B/YZ-2 spec sheet
Where did SatNet LEO Group 01 launch from?
101, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Dec 16, 6:00 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did SatNet LEO Group 01 reach?
WHDW 01-01, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 1,104 × 1,122 km orbit inclined 86.5°.
How many satellites did SatNet LEO Group 01 launch?
10 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 10 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).