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Tianqi 25-28

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • May 29, 2024, 9:04 a.m.

Launch success.

Cosmic_Penguin • May 29, 2024, 8:16 a.m.

Liftoff.

Cosmic_Penguin • May 23, 2024, 6:49 a.m.

Tweaked launch window.

Cosmic_Penguin • May 22, 2024, 7:05 a.m.

Delayed to NET May 29 per NOTAMs.

Cosmic_Penguin • May 21, 2024, 8:39 a.m.

Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.

Ceres-1S

Family:
Configuration: Ceres-1S

Ceres-1S is the sea launched version of Ceres-1 from Galactic Energy.

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Specifications

Minimum Stage
3
Max Stage
4
Length
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Diameter
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Fairing Diameter
1.28 m
Launch Mass
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Thrust
598.0 kN

Family

Name
Ceres-1S
Family
―
Variant
Ceres-1S
Alias
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Full Name
Ceres-1S

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
350.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
230.0 kg

Galactic Energy

(GE)

Founded: 2018 Successes: 20 Failures: 2 Pending: 2

Agency Type:

Galactic Energy is a private aerospace company headquartered in Beijing, China. Established by senior engineers in 2018, Galactic Energy engages in low-cost commercial space launch business.

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