7 November 2020, 07:12 UTC
Tianqi-11
Maiden flight of Galactic Energy's solid-fuel Ceres-1 rocket, successfully placing the small Tianqi 11 IoT-communications satellite into orbit from Jiuquan; Galactic Energy became only the second Chinese private company to reach orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 40 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 17 Ceres-1 flights
- Date and time
- 7 November 2020, 07:12 UTC
- Rocket
- Ceres-1
- Builder
- Galactic Energy
- Launch site
- Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2020-080
- Launches in 2020
- 88th of 114
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