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Jilin-1 High Resolution 04B
Ceres-1
Historical mission record
This page records Ceres-1 | Jilin-1 High Resolution 04B and its reported outcome: Launch Failure. The date above is a historical record.
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Added launch per NOTAMs and marine navigation warnings; Identity of launch vehicle and payload highly uncertain.
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LAUNCH SITEJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
New high resolution Earth observation satellite for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.
- Launch vehicle
- Ceres-1
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Area 95A
- Provider
- Galactic Energy
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Ceres-1
Ceres-1 is the first solid propellant launch vehicle of Galactic Energy.
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 17
- First flight
- 2020-11-07
Recorded timing
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Mission update
Vehicle lost attitude control at T+67.5 s after suffering 1st stage motor nozzle expansion burn-through. Failure was traced to improper drilling of screw holes that caused damage in the inner carbon fiber layers.
Launch site & orbit
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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