Ceres-1S sea launch from a platform off Rizhao deployed four Tianqi Internet-of-Things satellites (37-40) for Guodian Gaoke into an 850 km orbit, marking the Ceres-1 series' return to flight after a November 2025 failure.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 300 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 6th
- of 6 Ceres-1S flights
- Date and time
- 15 January 2026, 20:10 UTC
- Rocket
- Ceres-1S
- Builder
- Galactic Energy
- Launch site
- Rizhao offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-010
- Launches in 2026
- 11th of 243
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