Name: 9 satellites launch
Start: 2026-09-20T04:03:00+00:00
End: 2026-09-20T04:15:00+00:00
Location: Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Mission brief

The mission

Share-ride of 9 commercial Earth observation and technology demonstration satellites to SSO, details TBD.

Payload9 satellites

OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

CustomerCAS Space

Stages4

PadLaunch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Flight plan

Mission timeline

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The range

Where it leaves Earth

Launch site

Ground vector

Site locked

Launch Area 130

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Global range

Latitude: 40.818°N
Longitude: 100.225°E

Can I see this?

Distance and a plain visibility call from a place you choose. Trajectory is not modeled — night launches travel farther across the sky than daylight ones.

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Range weather

Launch commit criteria

Clear

Watch

TrackingNo active constraints

Weather rules

Clear — tracking no weather issues at this time.

Primary concern: No weather issues
Rule count: 0
Temperature: Not reported
Surface wind: Not reported

Window

03:54 AM UTC – 04:15 AM UTC

Hardware

Vehicle & provider

Vehicle

Kinetica 1

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Kinetica 1 (also known as Lijian-1, Chinese: 力箭一号) is a Chinese solid-propellant light launch vehicle. It is capable of placing about 2 tons into low earth orbit and 1.5 tons into sun-s...

Height30 m

LEO Payload2,000 kg

Launches17

Successes16

Provider

CAS Space

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CHN • Founded 2018

CAS Space is a spin-off company from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) that is operating and plans to operate various launch vehicles of the Zhongke series.

Reliability