SpaceSail Polar Group #2

Lofted the second group of 18 flat-panel Qianfan (Thousand Sails) broadband satellites into polar orbit from Taiyuan for Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology's planned megaconstellation, also known as G60 Starlink.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

PO

Polar orbit

Payload to orbit

5.4 T (est.)

Flight

8th

of 27 Long March 6A flights

Date and time

15 October 2024, 11:06 UTC

Rocket

Long March 6A

Builder

CASC

Launch site

Launch Complex 9A, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Payload

Communications

International designator

2024-185

Launches in 2024

191st of 263

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