Name: SpaceTY-51 & 52 launch
Start: 2026-09-17T02:40:00+00:00
End: 2026-09-17T03:12:00+00:00
Location: Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Mission brief

The mission

2 Earth observation radar satellites built by the Chinese satellite manufacturer SpaceTY.

PayloadSpaceTY-51 & 52

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

CustomerExPace

Stages3

PadLaunch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Flight plan

Mission timeline

14 / 14100%

The range

Where it leaves Earth

Launch site

Ground vector

Site locked

Launch Area 95A

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Global range

Latitude: 40.969°N
Longitude: 100.343°E

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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

02:31 AM UTC – 03:12 AM UTC

Hardware

Vehicle & provider

Vehicle

Kuaizhou 11

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The Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-11), is a planned Chinese commercial launch vehicle. Reportedly, the payload is about 1000 kg for low earth orbit and 700 kg for a sun-synchronous orbit. The t...

HeightN/A

LEO Payload1,000 kg

Launches35

Successes31

Provider

ExPace

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CHN • Founded 2016

ExPace is a Chinese space rocket company based in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of missileer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), a Chinese state-owned company, and s...

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