SpaceSail Polar Group #6

Deployed 18 Qianfan (Spacesail) broadband satellites into polar orbit for the Shanghai-backed G60 megaconstellation, launching from Taiyuan on the 18th flight of the Long March 6A.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

PO

Polar orbit

Payload to orbit

5.4 T (est.)

Flight

18th

of 27 Long March 6A flights

Date and time

17 October 2025, 07:08 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

2025-233

Launches in 2025

244th of 329

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