Demo Flight (SpaceSail Polar Group #10)
This mission is complete.
The mission
First test launch of CASC/CACL’s Long March 12B rocket; carried a batch of 2 operational 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.
Mission timeline
Where it leaves Earth
Launch site
Ground vector
Long March 12 series Pad
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Latitude
- 40.892°N
- Longitude
- 100.217°E
Can I see this?
Distance and a plain visibility call from a place you choose. Trajectory is not modeled — night launches travel farther across the sky than daylight ones.
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Range weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear — tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
08:40 AM UTC – 08:40 AM UTC
Vehicle & provider
Schedule history
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.