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Galactic EnergyCeres-1Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Yunyao-1 43-48
Launched
March 21, 2025 · 11:07 UTC
Summary
Yunyao-1 43-48 launched on a Galactic Energy Ceres-1 from Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on March 21, 2025 at 11:07 UTC. The launch window ran from 11:00 to 11:47 UTC. It was Galactic Energy's 19th launch, 3rd this year and humanity's 6,909th orbital launch attempt. It was the 15th Ceres-1 flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Yunyao-1 43, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 540 × 554 km orbit inclined 97.6°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ceres-1 · Galactic Energy
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 15th Ceres-1 flight · 3rd this yearGalactic Energy's 19th launch3rd this yearhumanity's 6,909th orbital launch attempt60th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Yunyao-1 43 · NORAD 63344 · 2025-059 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2025-060A
- Epoch
- 2025-03-21 19:08:15 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.0885081 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.001056
- Inclination
- 97.5937°
- Ascending node
- 261.0111°
- Arg. of perigee
- 300.4221°
- Mean anomaly
- 198.7873°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 5
- 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: 6 payloads; 6 still in orbit
- Yunyao-1 43 · NORAD 63344 · in orbit
- Yunyao-1 44 · NORAD 63345 · in orbit
- Yunyao-1 45 · NORAD 63346 · in orbit
- Yunyao-1 46 · NORAD 63347 · in orbit
- Yunyao-1 47 · NORAD 63348 · in orbit
- Yunyao-1 48 · NORAD 63349 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
6 weather satellites performing atmospheric measurements using GNSS Radio Occultation for a Tianjin based company. Constellation is planned to have an eventual 90 satellites.
Pad
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
59th launch from Launch Area 95A, 4th this year · 246th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 21, 7:07 PM GMT+8, in daylight
68 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
4 days 3 hours 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 uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/13/2025 · source
Questions
When did Yunyao-1 43-48 launch?
Yunyao-1 43-48 launched on March 21, 2025 at 11:07 UTC. The launch window ran from 11:00 to 11:47 UTC.
Where can I watch Yunyao-1 43-48?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Yunyao-1 43-48?
Ceres-1, flown by Galactic Energy. Ceres-1 spec sheet
Where did Yunyao-1 43-48 launch from?
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Mar 21, 7:07 PM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Yunyao-1 43-48 reach?
Yunyao-1 43, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 540 × 554 km orbit inclined 97.6°.
How many satellites did Yunyao-1 43-48 launch?
6 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 6 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).