NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Jilin-1 & Others

Launch Time
Wed Jun 05, 2019 04:06 UTC

First sea launch of Long March 11.
China becomes the third country to launch rockets from the ocean, after Italy (Scout) and Russia/USSR (Zenit, Shtil, and Volna).

Rocket

Long March 11H
Image Credit: CASC
CASC
Status: Active
Price: $5.3 million
Liftoff Thrust: 1,176 kN
Payload to LEO: 700 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 4
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 20.8 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.0 m
Fairing Height: 5.0 m

Mission Details

Jilin-1 High Resolution 03A

Jilin is a Chinese constellation of remote-sensing satellites.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 42.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Bufeng 1A & 1B

Bufeng 1A and 1B are a pair of small Chinese satellites built by CAST for testing the measurement of surface sea wind velocity fields via small satellite formation flying.

The Bufeng satellites measure the velocity of the wind by measuring the signals of navigation satellites reflected on the ocean's surface (GNSS-R).

Payloads: 2
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Tianxiang 1 & 2

Tianxiang 1 and 2, also called Zhongdian Wangtong 1A and 1B, is a pair of small Chinese satellites built by China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETGC) for testing of small satellite Ka-band communication interlinks.

Additionally, they carry also a space-based router, a multispectral camera, and ADS-B.

Payloads: 2
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Tianqi 3

Tianqi (also transcribed Tiange) is a series of small Chinese experimental LEO comsats by Guodian Gaoke for IoT communications, which are also carrying a camera for educational purposes.

Guodian Gaoke plans to operate an IoT constellation operation. The "Apocalypse Constellation" provides users with much-needed data collection and transmission services for terrestrial network coverage blind areas, which are widely used in marine, environmental protection, meteorological, forestry, geological, emergency, rescue, and smart city industries to enhance China's global data network coverage and application capabilities are of strategic importance.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 8.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Xiaoxiang-1 04

Xiaoxiang 1-04 (TY 1-04) is a small satellite developed by SpaceTY.

The satellite is built to the 6U CubeSat form factor for an earth imaging mission with a resolution of 5 m and an image swath of 80 km.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 8.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Tai Rui Barge (Area 1), China Coastal Waters

Stats

2019

36th orbital launch attempt

Long March 11

7th mission
2nd mission of 2019
7th successful mission