flown missionSuccess
Long March 6A | SpaceSail Polar Group #3
China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLaunch Complex 9A — Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- SpaceSail Polar Group #3
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Polar Orbit (PO)
18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST) with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Long March 6A
- Family
- Long March
- Variant
- A
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Type
- Government
- Country
- CHN
webcasts
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 9A
- Location
- Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Country
- CHN
- Timezone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Coordinates
- 38.8583, 111.5802