Mission
Kinetica 2 launched SpaceSail Polar Group #17 from Launch Area 140 at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China.
Before the flight
18 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.
- Launched
- 08:15 UTC+8 at the pad
- Rocket
- Kinetica 2CAS Space
- Destination
- Polar Orbit
- Launch site
- Launch Area 140, Jiuquan, China2nd launch from this pad in 2026217 days after the last
7th
CAS Space launch of 2026
Kinetica 2
CAS SpaceReusable2 launches since March 2026, 2 successful
52m
Height
3.4m
Diameter
625t
Mass at liftoff
7.5MN
Thrust at liftoff
12t
Payload to low Earth orbit
Orbit estimated from CelesTrak’s elementsMeasured trackSpaceX’s predicted path
In orbit now
The crewed stations, Hubble and Starlink 15-16, once around the Earth every 90 to 94 minutes
| Spacecraft | Altitude | Speed |
|---|---|---|
| ISSDocked: Soyuz MS-29, Crew-13In sunlight | 436km | 27,541km/h |
| TiangongDocked: Shenzhou-23In sunlight | 387km | 27,653km/h |
| Shenzhou-23In sunlight | 387km | 27,653km/h |
| Soyuz MS-29In sunlight | 436km | 27,541km/h |
| Crew-13In sunlight | 436km | 27,541km/h |
| HubbleIn sunlight | 474km | 27,471km/h |
| Starlink 15-1627 satellites, launched 6 days ago; numbers for the first in lineIn sunlight | 306km | 27,806km/h |
Estimated for from CelesTrak’s orbital elements, Starlink 15-16’s fitted to SpaceX’s own data, up to 2 days old.
