Tianyan-16 & Starpool-01A

Return-to-flight for Galactic Energy's Ceres-1 solid rocket after its September 2023 failure, delivering two satellites to a near-polar orbit of roughly 500 km from Jiuquan.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

200 kg

Flight

10th

of 17 Ceres-1 flights

Date and time

4 December 2023, 23:33 UTC

Rocket

Ceres-1

Builder

Galactic Energy

Launch site

Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2023-189

Launches in 2023

200th of 223

See it in orbit

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