CAS SpaceLaunch SuccessfulEarth Science

9 satellites

Name: Kinetica 1 | 9 satellites
Start: 2026-09-20T04:03:00Z
Location: Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Kinetica 1

Launched Sun, Sep 20 · 4:03 AM UTC2026-09-20 04:03 UTCLaunch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Reached orbit

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Success

Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Worldwide

228th

orbital launch attempt in 2026

CAS Space

6th

launch this year

Launch Area 130

5th

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

58 d 4 h

since the pad's previous launch

Mission

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

Launch Provider

CAS Space

Commercial · China · 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.

Launches

Successful

94%

Upcoming

scheduled

FliesZhongke

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Updates

Sep 20 · 4:31 AM
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
Sep 16 · 3:53 AM
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin

Kinetica 1

Vehicle history

Height

30m

Diameter

2.6m

To low Earth orbit

2,000kg

Liftoff thrust

1,961kN

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CAS SpaceLaunch SuccessfulEarth Science

9 satellites

Kinetica 1

Launched Sun, Sep 20 · 4:03 AM UTC2026-09-20 04:03 UTCLaunch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Reached orbit

Follow CAS Space in the app CAS Space updates

Success

Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Worldwide

228th

orbital launch attempt in 2026

CAS Space

6th

launch this year

Launch Area 130

5th

launch from this pad this year

Pad turnaround

58 d 4 h

since the pad's previous launch

Mission

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

Launch Provider

CAS Space

Commercial · China · 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.

Launches

Successful

94%

Upcoming

scheduled

FliesZhongke

All CAS Space launches Website Wikipedia

Updates

Sep 20 · 4:31 AM
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
Sep 16 · 3:53 AM
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin

Kinetica 1

Vehicle history

Height

30m

Diameter

2.6m

To low Earth orbit

2,000kg

Liftoff thrust

1,961kN

Next From Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center schedule

Nov3Tue

SpaceSail Polar Group TBD?CAS Space · Kinetica 2 · Launch Area 140, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaPolar OrbitGo for launch12:10 AM UTC Nov4Wed

Unknown PayloadGalactic Energy · Ceres-2 · Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaUnknownTo be confirmed9:00 PM UTC

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