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Live: Ceres-1S Flight 6 Launch (No Commentary)

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Tianqi 37-40

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Rizhao offshore launch location Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

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

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 15, 2026, 8:54 p.m.

Launch success.

Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 15, 2026, 8:17 p.m.

Liftoff.

LL2 • Jan. 15, 2026, 7:46 p.m.

Unofficial Webcast by ThatSpaceDogeGuy has started

LL2 • Jan. 15, 2026, 7:05 p.m.

Unofficial Webcast by International Rocket Launches has started

Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 13, 2026, 5:43 p.m.

Refined launch window per new NOTAMs.

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
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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: 21 Failures: 3 Pending: 1

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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