CAS SpaceKinetica 2Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
SpaceSail Polar Group #17
Launched
November 3, 2026 · 00:15 UTC
Image: CAS Space
Summary
The seventeenth SpaceSail Polar Group flight for the G60 constellation, lofting eighteen Ku, Q and V band communication satellites to low Earth orbit aboard CAS Space's Kinetica 2.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Kinetica 2 · CAS Space
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Kinetica 2 flightCAS Space's 18th launch7th this yearhumanity's 7,429th orbital launch attempt256th orbital launch attempt this year
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Orbit: representative
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About this launch
SpaceSail Polar Group #17 launched on a CAS Space Kinetica 2 from Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on November 3, 2026 at 00:15 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:05 to 00:33 UTC. It was CAS Space's 18th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 7,429th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Kinetica 2 flight. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO).
18 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.
News
Pad
Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
2nd launch from Launch Area 140, 2nd this year · 301st from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 3, 8:15 AM GMT+8, in daylight
2 launches from this pad · 301 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
217 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Launch success.
Show 1 earlier update
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/28/2026 · source
Questions
When did SpaceSail Polar Group #17 launch?
SpaceSail Polar Group #17 launched on November 3, 2026 at 00:15 UTC. The launch window ran from 00:05 to 00:33 UTC.
Where can I watch SpaceSail Polar Group #17?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SpaceSail Polar Group #17?
Kinetica 2, flown by CAS Space. Kinetica 2 spec sheet
Where did SpaceSail Polar Group #17 launch from?
Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Nov 3, 8:15 AM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit was SpaceSail Polar Group #17 going to?
Polar Orbit (PO), a communications mission.