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Galactic EnergyCeres-1Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Tianyan-16 & Starpool-01A
Launched
December 4, 2023 · 23:33 UTC
Summary
Tianyan-16 & Starpool-01A launched on a Galactic Energy Ceres-1 from Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on December 4, 2023 at 23:33 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:24 to 00:21 UTC. It was Galactic Energy's 11th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 6,566th orbital launch attempt. It was the 10th Ceres-1 flight and the 6th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Tianyan-16, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 502 × 519 km orbit inclined 97.5°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Ceres-1 · Galactic Energy
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 10th Ceres-1 flight · 6th this yearGalactic Energy's 11th launch7th this yearhumanity's 6,566th orbital launch attempt198th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Tianyan-16 · NORAD 58502 · 2023-189 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-189A
- Epoch
- 2023-12-05 04:01:45 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.20807021 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0011962
- Inclination
- 97.4641°
- Ascending node
- 341.9115°
- Arg. of perigee
- 286.237°
- Mean anomaly
- 135.3575°
- 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
3 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- Tianyan-16 · NORAD 58502 · in orbit
- Xingchi-1A · NORAD 58503 · re-entered June 7, 2026
Gushenxing-1 Y9 Stage 4 · re-entered September 30, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
2 Earth observation and/or communication satellites for MinoSpace (Tianyan-16) & ELLISPACE (Starpool-01A).
Pad
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
46th launch from Launch Area 95A, 11th this year · 212th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 5, 7:33 AM GMT+8, in twilight
68 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
74 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 vehicles identities uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/28/2023 · source
Questions
When did Tianyan-16 & Starpool-01A launch?
Tianyan-16 & Starpool-01A launched on December 4, 2023 at 23:33 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:24 to 00:21 UTC.
Where can I watch Tianyan-16 & Starpool-01A?
Coverage: Ceres-1 launches TianYan-16 and StarPool-1A. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Tianyan-16 & Starpool-01A?
Ceres-1, flown by Galactic Energy. Ceres-1 spec sheet
Where did Tianyan-16 & Starpool-01A launch from?
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Dec 5, 7:33 AM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Tianyan-16 & Starpool-01A reach?
Tianyan-16, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 502 × 519 km orbit inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did Tianyan-16 & Starpool-01A launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).