Smart Dragon 3 | Geely Constellation Group 04

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Launch Window

Aug. 8, 2025, 4:21 p.m. - Aug. 8, 2025, 4:44 p.m.

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Geely Constellation Group 04

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Low Earth Orbit Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

11 LEO communications satellites for Chinese car manufacturer Geely Automotive for testing autonomous driving/inter-vehicle communication services. They also carry payloads for ocean observation.

Updates
Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 8, 2025, 5:36 p.m.

Launch success.

Link https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5197543744472066
Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 8, 2025, 4:33 p.m.

Liftoff.

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poTWRw9sX5o
LL2 • Aug. 8, 2025, 3:49 p.m.

Unofficial Webcast by International Rocket Launches has started

Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poTWRw9sX5o
Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 8, 2025, 3:07 p.m.

Updated launch time (https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5197505203541893) and payload.

Link https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5197495762158364
Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 5, 2025, 11:42 a.m.

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

Link https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2703267#msg2703267

Smart Dragon 3

Family:
Configuration:

Smart Dragon-3 is a solid fuel orbital rocket designed by a subsidiary of the state-owned CASC group built for the commercial market.

Specifications
  • Length
    32.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.64 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.35 m
  • Launch Mass
    140.0 T
  • Thrust
    ―
Family
  • Name
    Smart Dragon 3
  • Family
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  • Variant
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  • Alias
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  • Full Name
    Smart Dragon 3
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
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  • Low Earth Orbit
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  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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  • Direct Geostationary
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  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    1500.0 kg

China Rocket Co. Ltd.

China Rocket Co. Ltd.

(CHNR)

Successes: 9 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

China Rocket Co. Ltd. is a spinoff of China’s state-owned launch vehicle manufacturer using a “commercial business model”.

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship

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