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Kuaizhou 1A | Traffic VDES A & B
ExPaceLaunch Area 95A — Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Traffic VDES A & B
- Type
- Technology
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Two technology demonstration satellites for satellite transmissions of signals for the VHF Data Exchange System (VDES), a successor to the current Automatic Identification System (AIS) on ships and maritime vessels for traffic management at sea with higher bandwidth on new frequencies for secure communications and e-navigation. This project is a joint effort by the China Ministry of Transport's China Transport Telecommunications Information Center and SpaceSail, operator of the Qianfan/G60 constellation.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Kuaizhou 1A
- Family
- Kuaizhou
- Variant
- 1A
- Provider
- ExPace
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- CHN
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Area 95A
- Location
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Country
- CHN
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 40.9691, 100.3433