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Smart Dragon 3 | Geely Constellation Group 05

September 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM UTC

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

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September 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM UTC

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Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport · 35.3917, 119.5990

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Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

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September 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM UTC
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September 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM UTC
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September 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM UTC

Mission description

11 LEO communications satellites for Chinese car manufacturer Geely Automotive for testing autonomous driving/inter-vehicle communication services. They also carry payloads for ocean observation.

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Vehicle

Smart Dragon 3

Smart Dragon

Height

32 m

Diameter

2.64 m

LEO capacity

0 kg

Successful launches

12

Launch complex

Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Chinese orbital launch vehicle launches supporting sea port located at Haiyang, Shandong Province, with dedicated piers and rocket/payload processing facilities for Chinese launch vehicles’ sea launches, and (as part of its expansion project) land based launch pads on artificial islands for various test vehicles and launch vehicles of private and government launch services providers. In operation as a remote base of Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center since 2019.

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Launch success.

September 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Liftoff.

September 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin

Unofficial Webcast by International Rocket Launches has started

September 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM UTC · LL2

Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain; probably with Geely Constellation Group 05.

September 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM UTC · Cosmic_Penguin