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- Launch target
- Mission status
- Launch Successful
Previous values
- Launch target
- Mission status
- Go for Launch
CAS SpaceLaunch Successful
SpaceSail Polar Group #17
Kinetica 2
18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.
- Launch vehicle
- Kinetica 2
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Polar Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Area 140
- Provider
- CAS Space
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Kinetica 2
- Height
- 52 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 2
- First flight
- 2026-03-30
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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