SpaceSail Polar Group #3

Orbited the third batch of 18 flat-panel Qianfan (Thousand Sails/G60) broadband internet satellites for Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology into polar orbit from Taiyuan, on the ninth flight of the Long March 6A.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

PO

Polar orbit

Payload to orbit

5.4 T (est.)

Flight

9th

of 27 Long March 6A flights

Date and time

5 December 2024, 04:41 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

2024-232

Launches in 2024

239th of 263

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