HEAD-3A/B/C/D/E

The solid-fueled Kuaizhou-1A lofted five HEAD-3 commercial satellites from Xichang for a constellation providing ship and aircraft AIS tracking along with remote-sensing data services.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

200 kg

Flight

22nd

of 30 Kuaizhou 1A flights

Date and time

14 August 2023, 05:32 UTC

Rocket

Kuaizhou 1A

Builder

ExPace

Launch site

Mobile Launcher Pad, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Communications

International designator

2023-121

Launches in 2023

128th of 223

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