23 July 2026, 23:33 UTC
5 satellites
A CAS Space Kinetica 1 solid-fueled small-satellite launcher lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on a southbound trajectory, delivering a cluster of commercial Earth-observation and science satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit. The flight was the rocket's fourth of 2026 and the 15th Kinetica 1 mission overall.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 800 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 15th
- of 16 Kinetica 1 flights
- Date and time
- 23 July 2026, 23:33 UTC
- Rocket
- Kinetica 1
- Builder
- CAS Space
- Launch site
- Launch Area 130, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 2026-170
- Launches in 2026
- 177th of 243
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