Earth orbit
Qianfan-02 (Polar 02)
On October 15th, 2024, a Chinese Long March 6A rocket successfully launched the second group of 18 Qianfan (SpaceSail, Thousand Sails, or G60 Starlink) broadband multimedia internet satellites for Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology's (SSST) planned megaconstellation.
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View in 3D map ↗The mission
On October 15th, 2024, a Chinese Long March 6A rocket successfully launched the second group of 18 Qianfan (SpaceSail, Thousand Sails, or G60 Starlink) broadband multimedia internet satellites for Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology's (SSST) planned megaconstellation.
The launch
- Launch
- Oct 15 2024
- Launch location
- TBD, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
- Launch vehicle
- Long March 6A
- Orbit
- Earth orbit
Launch intelligence
A CASC Long March 6A rocket launched the Qianfan-02 (Polar 02) mission on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 11:06 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- CASC
- Vehicle
- Long March 6A
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2024-185
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Oct 15, 2024, 11:06 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Oct 15 2024
- Pad and location
- TBD, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
Launch media
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Archived
End date not documented
Launch succeeded; current mission operations are not tracked by RocketLaunch.Live
Gallery
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