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Orienspace TechnologyGravity-1Yellow Sea (launch location 5), Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
SpaceSail Polar Group #16
Launched
September 15, 2026 · 22:00 UTC
Summary
Orienspace's Gravity-1 delivered nine communication satellites for the G60 constellation, a Shanghai-backed project aiming to build a large LEO network. A successful step toward expanding global connectivity.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Gravity-1 · Orienspace Technology
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 4th Gravity-1 flight · 2nd this yearOrienspace Technology's 4th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 7,392nd orbital launch attempt219th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
OBJECT A · NORAD 100702 · 2026-211A · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 9 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2026-211A
- Epoch
- 2026-10-15 13:05:13 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.25853235 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00027162
- Inclination
- 89.0022°
- Ascending node
- 267.5848°
- Arg. of perigee
- 303.2497°
- Mean anomaly
- 56.8436°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 423
- B*
- 0.000046405126
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.
About this launch
SpaceSail Polar Group #16 launched on an Orienspace Technology Gravity-1 from Yellow Sea (launch location 5), Haiyang Oriental Spaceport on September 15, 2026 at 22:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:50 to 22:11 UTC. It was Orienspace Technology's 4th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 7,392nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Gravity-1 flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). Its earliest tracked orbit, from September 17, 2026, was 788 × 796 km inclined 89.0°.
9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.
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Pad
Yellow Sea (launch location 5), Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
2nd launch from Yellow Sea (launch location 5), 2nd this year · 28th from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 16, 6:00 AM GMT+8, in daylight
2 launches from this pad · 28 from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
55 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 1 earlier update
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/9/2026 · source
Questions
When did SpaceSail Polar Group #16 launch?
SpaceSail Polar Group #16 launched on September 15, 2026 at 22:00 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:50 to 22:11 UTC.
Where can I watch SpaceSail Polar Group #16?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SpaceSail Polar Group #16?
Gravity-1, flown by Orienspace Technology. Gravity-1 spec sheet
Where did SpaceSail Polar Group #16 launch from?
Yellow Sea (launch location 5), Haiyang Oriental Spaceport. Liftoff was Sep 16, 6:00 AM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did SpaceSail Polar Group #16 reach?
Its earliest tracked orbit, from September 17, 2026, was 788 × 796 km inclined 89.0°.