Success
SpaceSail Polar Group #17
Kinetica 2 · CAS Space · Launch Area 140
Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 00:15 UTCTuesday, 3 November 2026, 00:15 UTC
Overview
Launch successful
Kinetica 2 lifted off on Tue 3 Nov 2026, 00:15 UTC and the launch was a success: the rocket did what it was meant to do.
- Rocket
- Kinetica 2
- Provider
- CAS Space
- Launch pad
- Launch Area 140
- Location
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Launch time
- Tue 3 Nov 2026, 00:15 UTC
- Launch window
- Tue 3 Nov 2026, 00:05 UTC to Tue 3 Nov 2026, 00:33 UTC
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit
- Polar Orbit
Live updates
We did not post live updates for this launch.
Discussion
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Rockets and launchesMission
18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies 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.
Description from the launch provider, passed on by Launch Library, The Space Devs.