SpaceSail Polar Group TBD

Mon, Nov 2 · 7:10 PM ETConfirmed

Mission brief

What is happening

CAS Space is launching SpaceSail Polar Group TBD? on a Kinetica 2 from Launch Area 140 at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. It is a communications mission heading to Polar Orbit.

At a glance

Destination: Polar Orbit
Payload: SpaceSail Polar Group TBD?
Mission type: Communications
Rocket: Kinetica 2
Provider: CAS Space
Launch site: Launch Area 140

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.

What changed

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OCT 28 · 7:41 PM UTC
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities highly uncertain.
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Schedule confidence

HIGH

The published time looks firm.

Why does RocketRune rate it this way?

Launch time known to within about an hour.
The provider has declared the mission go for launch.
An official launch window has been published.
No schedule changes recorded since RocketRune began tracking this launch.

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Launch site: Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Vehicle: Kinetica 2
Provider: CAS Space
Orbit: PO
Payload: SpaceSail Polar Group TBD?
Status: Go for Launch
Vehicle height: 52 m
Liftoff thrust: 7,515 kN
Vehicle type flights: 1
Vehicle type success rate: 100.0%

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