5 satellites

Fourth flight of CAS Space's Kinetica-1 solid rocket from Jiuquan, delivering five satellites including Jilin-1 SAR-01A and Yunyao-1 21/22 to orbit; it was the vehicle's first launch to a dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbit.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

SSO

Sun-synchronous orbit

Payload to orbit

850 kg (est.)

Flight

4th

of 16 Kinetica 1 flights

Date and time

24 September 2024, 23:33 UTC

Rocket

Kinetica 1

Builder

CAS Space

Launch site

Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Earth Science

International designator

2024-174

Launches in 2024

179th of 263

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