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4 satellites

Ceres-⁠2Jiuquan, China

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Mission

Ceres-⁠2 launched 4 satellites from Launch Area 95A at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China.

Before the flight

Share-⁠ride of 4 commercial Earth observation and technology demonstration satellites to SSO, details TBD.

Launched
07:37 UTC+8 at the pad
Rocket
Ceres-⁠2Galactic Energy
Destination
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Launch site
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan, China5th launch from this pad in 202650 days after the last

5th

Galactic Energy launch of 2026

Ceres-2

Galactic Energy2 launches since January 2026, 1 successful

3.4m

Diameter

98t

Mass at liftoff

2t

Payload to low Earth orbit

Orbit estimated from CelesTrak’s elementsMeasured trackSpaceX’s predicted path

In orbit now

The crewed stations and Hubble, once around the Earth every 92 to 94 minutes

SpacecraftAltitudeSpeed
ISSDocked: Soyuz MS-⁠29, Crew-⁠13In sunlight434km27,537km/h
TiangongDocked: Shenzhou-⁠23In sunlight383km27,662km/h
HubbleIn sunlight468km27,482km/h

Estimated for from CelesTrak’s orbital elements, up to 37 h old.

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