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Gravity-1 | SpaceSail Polar Group #16

September 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Gravity-1 | SpaceSail Polar Group #16 launch image — Mission imagery · Gravity-1

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September 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC

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Yellow Sea (launch location 5)

Haiyang Oriental Spaceport · 31.2000, 123.7000

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Rocket: Gravity-1
Launch site: Yellow Sea (launch location 5)
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: September 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM UTC
Window closes: September 15, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC
Feed updated: September 27, 2026 at 6:39 PM UTC

Mission description

9 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.

Vehicle

Gravity-1

Height

29.4 m

Diameter

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LEO capacity

6,500 kg

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Yellow Sea (launch location 5)

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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